Description
The mylohyoid grooves (mylohyoid sulci) are the two oblique depressions found along the medial surfaces of each ramus of the mandible. On its corresponding side, each mylohyoid groove:
—extends anteroinferiorly from a mandibular foramen;
—is located posterior to a mylohyoid line;
—lodges a nerve to mylohyoid muscle and mylohyoid branches of inferior alveolar vessels.
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