Digastric branch of facial nerve

The digastric branch of facial nerve provides motor innervation to the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.^[1][2] It branches from the facial nerve (CN VII) near to the stylomastoid foramen^[1] as the CN VII exits the facial canal (it thus branches proximal to the parotid plexus of facial nerve).^[2] It commonly arises in common with the stylohyoid branch of facial nerve.^[3]

Digastric branch of facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To digastric" labeled at bottom left.)
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Identifiers
Latin	ramus digastricus nervi facialis
TA98	A14.2.01.105
TA2	6298
FMA	53288
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]