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.)
Details
From facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
TA A14.2.01.106
FMA 53298

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

In human neuroanatomy of the face, 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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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