Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve

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Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve
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Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To stylohyoid" labeled at bottom left.)
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From Facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
TA98 A14.2.01.106
TA2 6299
FMA 53298
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The stylohyoid branch of facial nerve provides motor innervation to the stylohyoid muscle. [1] [2] It frequently arises from the facial nerve (CN VII) in common with the digastric branch of facial nerve. [1]

It is long and slender. [3] It enters the stylohyoid muscle at the middle portion of the muscle. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 581. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ "stylohyoid branch of facial nerve". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. ↑ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 905.


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