Nerve to the stapedius

Nerve to the stapedius
Nerve to the stapedius
Details
From	Facial nerve
Innervates	Stapedius
Identifiers
Latin	nervus stapedius
TA98	A14.2.01.101
TA2	6291
FMA	53275
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The nerve to the stapedius is a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) which innervates the stapedius muscle.^[1] It arises from the CN VII within the facial canal,^[2] opposite the pyramidal eminence. It passes through a small canal in this eminence to reach the stapedius muscle.^[3]

^ The Big Picture: Gross Anatomy, Medical Course & Step 1 Review. David A. Morton, K. Bo Foreman, Kurt H. Albertine (2nd ed.). New York. 2018. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-259-86264-9. OCLC 1044772257.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 749. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 904.