right mylohyoid

Muscular

3D model: right mylohyoid
right mylohyoid
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In 2 atlases

Definition

The mylohyoid is a pharyngeal arch I muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid and attaches to the midline raphe linking right and left mylohyoid and the mandible.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Relations

Origin
Mylohyoid line
Insertion
body of hyoid bone

The 3D model shows 1 origin or insertion area of this muscle.

Neighbouring structures

Practice questions

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Identifiers

FMA
46321
Wikidata
Q66536470