Digastric branch of facial nerve
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| 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 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12689898 | |
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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