Muscles / Head & neck
Mylohyoid
- Head & neck
- Neck
- Intermediate layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Mylohyoid line of the mandible
- Insertion
- Mylohyoid raphe and body of the hyoid
- Nerve
- Nerve to mylohyoid, branch of the inferior alveolar nerve (CN V3)
Actions
- Elevates the hyoid, floor of the mouth and tongue in swallowing and speech
- Depresses the mandible
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e