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Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
r_02/12691075

FMA
  
49702

TA
  
A12.2.05.060

Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery

Source
  
inferior alveolar artery

Latin
  
ramus mylohyoideus arteriae alveolaris inferioris

As the inferior alveolar artery enters the mandibular foramen, it gives off a mylohyoid branch which runs in the mylohyoid groove, and supplies the mylohyoid muscle.

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Mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar artery Wikipedia