Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery

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Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery
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
Sourceinferior alveolar artery
Identifiers
Latinramus mylohyoideus arteriae alveolaris inferioris
TA98A12.2.05.060
TA24427
FMA49702
Anatomical terminology

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.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 561 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)