| Nerve: Mylohyoid nerve | |
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| Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. (Label for mylohyoid nerve is at bottom center.) | |
| 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 | nervus mylohyoideus |
| Gray's | subject #200 896 |
| Innervates | mylohyoid muscle, anterior belly of digastric muscle |
| From | inferior alveolar nerve |
The mylohyoid nerve (or nerve to mylohyoid) is a nerve that innervates the mylohyoid muscle and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
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.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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