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

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

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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