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. 2004 Aug;81(2-3):45-8.
doi: 10.2535/ofaj.81.45.

Branch of mylohyoid and lingual nerves on submandibular and submental triangles

Iwao Sato  1 , Masataka Sunohara, Ryuji Ueno, Shyunji Yoshida
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Branch of mylohyoid and lingual nerves on submandibular and submental triangles

Iwao Sato et al. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn. 2004 Aug.
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Abstract

The mylohyoid nerve (MN) displays several branches in the posterior, intermediate, and anterior region of the mylohyoid muscle (MM) as it courses on the internal surface of the mandibular body. Branches in the intermediate region were found in 66% of the cases (272 out of 413 sides). In the submandibular triangle, one or two large branches of the MN communicated with the lingual nerve at submandibular triangle and submental triangle in 1.45% of the cases (6 out of 413 sides). These distributions of nerve supply are an important in the operations of radical neck dissection on the submandibular triangle.

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