Mylohyoid groove or canal

Groove (indentation) on the medial surface of the ramus of the mandible beginning at the lingula; it houses the mylohyoid artery and nerve.


The groove on the inner surface of the mandible that runs obliquely forward and downward and contains the mylohyoid nerve and artery. In the embryo it lodges Meckel’s cartilage.


 


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