Mylohyoid

Beginning: Linea mylohyoidea mandibulae.

Attachment: The front surface of the corpus ossis hyoidei, raphe mylohyoidea – a thin strip of ligament that connects it to the same muscle on the other side.

Innervation: N. mylohyoideus (n. mandibularis).

Function: Elevation of the lingual, depression of the mandible.

Origin: Processus mandibularis of the first branchial (gill) arch.

Variation: Absence of a muscle, or its connection with surrounding muscles.

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