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Which suprahyoid muscles would be paralyzed if the inferior alveolar nerve were severed at its origin?

Which suprahyoid muscles would be paralyzed if the inferior alveolar nerve were severed at its origin?<br/>

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John Smith

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Answered Sep 09, 2016

Mylohyoid m.- mylohyoid is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid, which is a branch of the inferior alveolar nerve. the inferior alveolar nerve is a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. geniohyoid is a muscle that spans from the mental spines of the mandible to the body of the hyoid bone-it elevates the hyoid and depresses the mandible. it is innervated by the ventral primary ramus of spinal nerve c1 via fibers carried by the hypoglossal nerve. hyoglossus is a tongue muscle; it is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve (cn xii). finally, stylohyoid is a muscle that spans from the styloid process to the hyoid bone. it elevates and retracts the hyoid, and it is innervated by the facial nerve.
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