Mylohyoid line

Mylohyoid line
Mandible. Inner surface. Side view.
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Identifiers
Latin	Linea mylohyoidea mandibulae
Dorlands /Elsevier	l_10/12496248
TA	A02.1.15.012
FMA	53119
Anatomical terms of bone []

The mylohyoid line is a line on the inside of the mandible. It extends superior and posterior (upward and backward) on either side from the lower part of the symphysis of the mandible. The mylohyoid line is at the body while the mylohyoid groove is at the ramus.

The mylohyoid muscle originates from the anterior (front) part of the mylohyoid line, while the posterior (back) part of this line, near the alveolar margin, gives attachment to a small part of the constrictor pharyngis superior, and to the pterygomandibular raphe.

Mylohyoid line

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)