Digastric branch of facial nerve

Digastric branch of facial nerve
Digastric branch of facial nerve
	Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To digastric" labeled at bottom left.)
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Identifiers
Latin	ramus digastricus nervi facialis
TA98	A14.2.01.105
TA2	6298
FMA	53288
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The digastric branch of facial nerve arises close to the stylomastoid foramen, and divides into several filaments, which supply the posterior belly of the Digastricus; one of these filaments joins the glossopharyngeal nerve.

References[]

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

External links[]

lesson4 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (parotid3)
cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (VII)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_47/47-5.HTM

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