Artery: Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery | |
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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 |
As the inferior alveolar artery enters the mandibular foramen, it gives off a mylohyoid branch which runs in the mylohyoid groove, and supplies the mylohyoid muscle.
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