Digastric_branch_of_facial_nerve

Digastric branch of facial nerve

Digastric branch of facial nerve

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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]

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  1. [1]
    Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 905.
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    "digastric branch of facial nerve". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. [3]
    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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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