| Nerve: Digastric branch of facial nerve |
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| Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To digastric" labeled at bottom left.) |
| Latin |
ramus digastricus nervi facialis |
| Gray's |
subject #202 905 |
The digastric branch of facial nerve arises close to the stylomastoid foramen, and divides into several filaments, which supply the posterior belly of the Digastricus; one of these filaments joins the glossopharyngeal nerve.
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Nerves of head and neck: the cranial nerves and nuclei |
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| olfactory (AON->I) |
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| optic (LGN->II) |
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oculomotor
(ON, EWN->III) |
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| trochlear (TN->IV) |
no significant branches
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trigeminal
(PSN,TSN,MN,TMN->V) |
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| abducens (AN->VI) |
no significant branches
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| facial (FMN,SN,SSN->VII) |
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vestibulocochlear
(VN, CN->VIII) |
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glossopharyngeal
(NA, ISN, SN->IX) |
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vagus
(NA, DNVN, SN->X) |
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| accessory (NA,SAN->XI) |
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| hypoglossal (HN->XII) |
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