Mylohyoid nerve 4533715 164263103 2007-10-13T11:56:49Z Mikael Häggström 2615838 updated names {{Infobox Nerve | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = nervus mylohyoideus | GraySubject = 200 | GrayPage = 896 | Image = Gray781.png | Caption = [[Mandibular division]] of the [[trifacial nerve]]. (Label for mylohyoid nerve is at bottom center.) | Image2 = Gray782 updated.png | Caption2 = 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.) | Innervates = | BranchFrom = [[inferior alveolar nerve]] | BranchTo = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = n_05 | DorlandsSuf = 12566263 | }} The '''mylohyoid nerve''' (or '''nerve to mylohyoid''') is a nerve that innervates the [[mylohyoid muscle]] and the anterior belly of the [[digastric muscle]]. ==Structure== 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]]. ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray178.png|Mandible of human embryo 24 mm. long. Outer aspect. Image:Gray181.png|Mandible of human embryo 95 mm. long. Inner aspect. Nuclei of cartilage stippled. </gallery> ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|27|09|01|02}} - "Infratemporal Fossa: The Inferior Alveolar Nerve and the Vessels" * {{LoyolaMedEd|GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb3.htm}} * {{NormanAnatomy|lesson4}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|mandibularnerve}}) * {{NormanAnatomy|cranialnerves}} ({{NormanAnatomyFig|V}}) * {{eMedicineDictionary|nerve+to+mylohyoid}} {{Gray's}} {{neuroscience-stub}} {{Trigeminal nerve}} [[Category:Nervous system]]