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
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. It frequently arises from the facial nerve (CN VII) in common with the digastric branch of facial nerve.

It is long and slender. It enters the stylohyoid muscle at the middle portion of the muscle.



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