Mylohyoid at a glance
- What it is
- A flat muscle forming the muscular floor of the mouth.
- Location
- Origin: mylohyoid line of the mandible. Insertion: median raphe and the body of the hyoid bone.
- Function
- Elevates the floor of the mouth and hyoid during swallowing, and depresses the mandible.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA46322 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: mylohyoid nerve (CN V3)
- Blood supply: submental artery
Structures next to the mylohyoid
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Hyoglossus · muscular
- Genioglossus · muscular
- Sublingual gland · digestive
- Lower first secondary molar tooth · digestive
- Tongue · digestive
- Lower second secondary premolar tooth · digestive
- Submandibular gland · digestive
- Gingiva of lower jaw · digestive
- Geniohyoid · muscular
- Lower second secondary molar tooth · digestive
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Mylohyoid (FMA46322). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §11.2 Naming Skeletal Muscles. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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