Mylohyoid nerve
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| Nerve: Mylohyoid nerve | ||
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| Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. (Label for mylohyoid nerve is at bottom center.) | ||
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| Mandibular division of trifacial nerve, seen from the middle line. The small figure is an enlarged view of the otic ganglion. (Label "to mylohyoid" at bottom left.) | ||
| Latin | n. mylohyoideus | |
| Gray's | subject #200 896 | |
| From | inferior alveolar nerve | |
The nerve to mylohyoid (or mylohyoid nerve) is a nerve that innervates the mylohyoid muscle and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
[edit] Structure
The mylohyoid nerve branches from the inferior alveolar nerve (a branch of the mandibular nerve, the third part of the trigeminal nerve) just before it enters the mandibular foramen.
It descends in a groove on the deep surface of the ramus of the mandible, and reaching the under surface of the mylohyoid muscle, it supplies both the mylohyoid and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
[edit] Additional images
 Mandible of human embryo 95 mm. long. Inner aspect. Nuclei of cartilage stippled. |
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