Mylohyoid muscle
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| Mylohyoid muscle | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visible right under jaw | ||
| Front view of neck. (Mylohyoideus labeled at right, second from top.) | ||
| Latin | musculus mylohyoideus | |
| Gray's | subject #112 393 | |
| Origin: | Mylohyoid line | |
| Insertion: | Median raphé | |
| Blood: | ||
| Nerve: | Mylohyoid nerve (from inferior alveolar nerve) | |
| Action: | ||
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12549818 | |
The mylohyoid muscle is a muscle running from the mandible to the hyoid bone, forming the floor of the oral cavity.
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[edit] Structure
The mylohyoid muscle is flat and triangular, and is situated immediately above the anterior belly of the digastric muscle. It forms, with its fellow of the opposite side, a muscular floor for the cavity of the mouth.
It arises from the whole length of the mylohyoid line of the mandible, extending from the symphysis in front to the last molar tooth behind. The posterior fibers pass medialward and slightly downward, to be inserted into the body of the hyoid bone.
The middle and anterior fibers are inserted into a median fibrous raphé extending from the symphysis menti to the hyoid bone, where they joint at an angle with the fibers of the opposite muscle. This median raphé is sometimes absent; the fibers of the two muscles are then continuous.
[edit] Innervation
The mylohyoid muscle, along with the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, is innervated by the mylohyoid nerve, a nerve that ultimately arises from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.
[edit] Variations
It may be united to or replaced by the anterior belly of the digastric muscle; accessory slips to other hyoid muscles are frequent.
[edit] Additional images
Hyoid bone. Anterior surface. Enlarged. |
Sagittal section of nose mouth, pharynx, and larynx. |
[edit] External links
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| Muscles of the Head — Neck — Trunk — Upper limb — Lower limb— LIST OF ALL MUSCLES |
| SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL: platysma | (Gray's s110)
LATERAL CERVICAL: sternocleidomastoid | (Gray's s111) SUPRAHYOID: digastric | stylohyoid | mylohyoid | geniohyoid - INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid | sternothyroid | thyrohyoid | omohyoid | (Gray's s112) VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli | longus capitis | rectus capitis anterior | rectus capitis lateralis (Gray's s113) LATERAL: scalenus anterior | scalenus medius | scalenus posterior | (Gray's s114) |
