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
TA A14.2.01.105
FMA 53288

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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 the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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