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
From	facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
TA	A14.2.01.106
FMA	53298
	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

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

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM

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