Submental artery

Looks like

A facial artery branch running forward under the jaw, below the floor of the mouth, toward the chin.

What it does

Supplies the skin under the chin, the floor-of-mouth muscles and the gland under the jaw.

Keeping it well

Used as a skin flap in facial reconstruction; can bleed in implant surgery on the lower jaw.

Related conditions

• Carotid artery stenosis
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)