Quick Facts
Origin: Lingual nerve.
Course: Runs a short distance to the sublingual gland.
Branches: None.
Supply: Sensory: conveys general sensory information from the sublingual gland and overlying mucous membrane; Parasympathetic: transmits postganglionic parasympathetic fibers to the sublingual gland.
Related parts of the anatomy
Origin
The sublingual nerve refers to the postganglionic parasympathetic fibers that run from the submandibular ganglion to the sublingual gland. It is unclear whether they do so directly as a distinct nerve or indirectly as an indistinct set of postganglionic parasympathetic fibers that run from the submandibular ganglion back to the lingual nerve, and then into the sublingual gland.
Branches
There are no named branches.
Supplied Structures
The sublingual nerve is a mixed nerve conveying both general sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the sublingual gland.
