| Digastric branch of facial nerve | |
|---|---|
 Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To digastric" labeled at bottom left.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ramus digastricus nervi facialis |
| TA98 | A14.2.01.105 |
| TA2 | 6298 |
| FMA | 53288 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The digastric branch of facial nerve provides motor innervation to the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.[1][2] It branches from the facial nerve (CN VII) near to the stylomastoid foramen[1] as the CN VII exits the facial canal (it thus branches proximal to the parotid plexus of facial nerve).[2] It commonly arises in common with the stylohyoid branch of facial nerve.[3]
- ^ a b Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 905.
- ^ a b "digastric branch of facial nerve". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 581. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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