Mylohyoid muscle

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

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Muscle	Origin	Insertion	Innervation	Action
Mylohyoid				Oral floor: Tighten, Elevation Hyoid: Draws forward (during swallowing) TMJ: Assists with opening mandible, Side-to-side movement during mastication

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Betts JG, Blaker W. Anatomy and Physiology. 2nd ed. OpenStax; 2022. https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology-2e/?Book%20details

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Mylohyoid muscle. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Head and Neck/Suprahyoid muscles/mylohyoid.html