Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery

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Artery: Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Mylohyoid visible at bottom center.)
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Mylohyoid labeled at bottom center.)
Latin ramus mylohyoideus arteriae alveolaris inferioris
Gray's subject #144 561
Source inferior alveolar artery   
Dorlands
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As the inferior alveolar artery enters the mandibular foramen, it gives off a mylohyoid branch which runs in the mylohyoid groove, and ramifies on the under surface of the Mylohyoideus.

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CC/EC
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
CC/IC
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SC
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