Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery
Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery | |
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Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Mylohyoid visible at bottom center.) | |
Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Mylohyoid labeled at bottom center.) | |
Details | |
Source | inferior alveolar artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | ramus mylohyoideus arteriae alveolaris inferioris |
TA | A12.2.05.060 |
FMA | 49702 |
As the inferior alveolar artery enters the mandibular foramen, it gives off a mylohyoid branch which runs in the mylohyoid groove, and supplies the mylohyoid muscle.
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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