Anatom3DNerve to mylohyoid muscle
Nervus mylohyoideus · Nerv pro čelistnězávěsný sval
Nervous system
Looks like
A small branch of the inferior alveolar nerve running in a groove on the inside of the lower jaw.
What it does
Moves the mylohyoid (floor of the mouth) and the front belly of the digastric muscle.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured; it can explain incomplete numbness in lower dental blocks.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies