Mylohyoid Muscle: Current Understanding for Clinical Management Part II: Clinical Anatomy, Radiology, and Surgical/Clinical Relevance

Kyoichi Obata; Norio Kitagawa; Kisho Ono; Hideka Kanemoto; Keiko Fukino; Yohei Takeshita; Soichiro Ibaragi; R Shane Tubbs; Joe Iwanaga

doi:10.1097/SCS.0000000000009797

Mylohyoid Muscle: Current Understanding for Clinical Management Part II: Clinical Anatomy, Radiology, and Surgical/Clinical Relevance

J Craniofac Surg. 2024 Jan-Feb;35(1):256-260. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009797. Epub 2023 Nov 10.

Authors

Kyoichi Obata¹, Norio Kitagawa², Kisho Ono¹, Hideka Kanemoto¹, Keiko Fukino², Yohei Takeshita³, Soichiro Ibaragi¹, R Shane Tubbs^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Anatomy, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine.
⁶ Department of Structural & Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
⁷ Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George's, Grenada.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery and Ochsner Neuroscience Institute, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA.
¹⁰ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

PMID: 37948627
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009797

Abstract

The mylohyoid is one of the suprahyoid muscles along with the geniohyoid, digastric, and stylohyoid muscles that lies between the anterior belly of the digastric muscle inferiorly and the geniohyoid superiorly. In Part II, the radiology and clinical/surgical importance of the mylohyoid muscle will be discussed.

MeSH terms

Clinical Relevance*
Humans
Neck Muscles / anatomy & histology
Neck Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Neck Muscles / surgery
Radiology*