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|Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve|
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To stylohyoid" labeled at bottom left.)
|Latin||ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis|
|Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy|
In human neuroanatomy of the face, the stylohyoid branch of facial nerve frequently arises in conjunction with the digastric branch; it is long and slender, and enters the Stylohyoideus about its middle.