Digastric branch of facial nerve

Digastric branch of facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To digastric" labeled at bottom left.)
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Identifiers
Latinramus digastricus nervi facialis
TA98A14.2.01.105
TA26298
FMA53288
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The digastric branch of facial nerve arises close to the stylomastoid foramen, and divides into several filaments, which supply the posterior belly of the Digastricus; one of these filaments joins the glossopharyngeal nerve.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 905 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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