Stylohyoid branch of facial 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.)
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FromFacial nerve
Identifiers
Latinramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
TA98A14.2.01.106
TA26299
FMA53298
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. ^ a b c 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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