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digastric branch of facial nerve
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- UBERON:0011315
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- digastric branch
- digastric branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
- facial nerve, digastric branch
- Definition
- The digastric branch of facial nerve arises close to the stylomastoid foramen, and divides into several filaments, which supply the posterior belly of the Digastricus; one of these filaments joins the glossopharyngeal nerve. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digastric_part_of_facial_nerve
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