Mylohyoid nerve

The mylohyoid nerve (or nerve to mylohyoid) is a nerve that innervates the mylohyoid muscle and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle.The mylohyoid nerve branches from the inferior alveolar nerve (a branch of the mandibular nerve, the third part of the trigeminal nerve) just before it enters the mandibular foramen.Mandible of human embryo 24 mm. long. Outer aspect.Mandible of human embryo 95 mm. long. Inner aspect. Nuclei of cartilage stippled.Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep dissection. Anterolateral viewThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 896 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)