Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve

The stylohyoid branch of facial nerve provides motor innervation to the stylohyoid muscle.^[1][2] It frequently arises from the facial nerve (CN VII) in common with the digastric branch of facial nerve.^[1]

Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve
Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. ("To stylohyoid" labeled at bottom left.)
Details
From	Facial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	ramus stylohyoideus nervi facialis
TA98	A14.2.01.106
TA2	6299
FMA	53298
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

It is long and slender.^[3] It enters the stylohyoid muscle at the middle portion of the muscle.^[1]