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mylohyoid muscle

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The mylohyoid is a pharyngeal arch I muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid and attaches to the midline raphe linking right and left mylohyoid and the mandible. [ MFMO:0000084 ]

Synonyms: mylohyoid, mylohyoideus, musculus mylohyoideus, mylohyoideus muscle

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The mylohyoid is a pharyngeal arch I muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid and attaches to the midline raphe linking R and L mylohyoid and the mandible.[FEED]

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Taxon motes: mylohyoideus and digastricus anterior of rats derived from intermandibularis posterior, see e.g. Jarvik [53] http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/24/table/T3

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Mylohyoid_muscle.PNG

has related synonym

musculus mylohyoideus

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UBERON:0001564

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Mylohyoid