Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve

Nerve: Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve

Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To stylohyoid" labeled at bottom left.)
Latin	ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
Gray's	subject #202 905
From	facial nerve

The stylohyoid branch of facial nerve frequently arises in conjunction with the digastric branch; it is long and slender, and enters the Stylohyoideus about its middle.

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM

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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Nerves of head and neck: the cranial nerves and nuclei (TA A14.2.01, GA 9.855)

olfactory (AON->I)

olfactory bulb · olfactory tract

optic (LGN->II)

optic chiasm · optic tract

oculomotor
(ON, EWN->III)

superior branch (parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion/ciliary ganglion) · inferior branch

trochlear (TN->IV)

no significant branches

trigeminal
(PSN, TSN, MN, TMN->V)

trigeminal ganglion • ophthalmic • maxillary • mandibular

abducens (AN->VI)

no significant branches

facial (FMN, SN, SSN->VII)

near origin	nervus intermedius • geniculate

inside facial canal	greater petrosal (pterygopalatine ganglion) · nerve to the stapedius · chorda tympani (lingual nerve, submandibular ganglion)

at stylomastoid foramen	posterior auricular · suprahyoid (digastric, stylohyoid) · parotid plexus (temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)

vestibulocochlear
(VN, CN->VIII)

cochlear (striae medullares, lateral lemniscus) • vestibular (Scarpa's ganglion)

glossopharyngeal
(NA, ISN, SN->IX)

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	tympanic (tympanic plexus, lesser petrosal, otic ganglion) • stylopharyngeal branch • pharyngeal branches • tonsillar branches • lingual branches • carotid sinus

vagus
(NA, DNVN, SN->X)

before jugular fossa	ganglia (superior, inferior)

after jugular fossa	meningeal branch · auricular branch

neck	pharyngeal branch (pharyngeal plexus) · superior laryngeal (external, internal) · recurrent laryngeal (inferior) · superior cervical cardiac

thorax	inferior cardiac · pulmonary · vagal trunks (anterior, posterior)

abdomen	celiac · renal · hepatic · anterior gastric · posterior gastric

accessory (NA, SAN->XI)

cranial · spinal

hypoglossal (HN->XII)

lingual branches

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)