Mylohyoid
Musculus mylohyoideus
Raises the floor of the mouth and the tongue.
About the mylohyoid of the pig
Mylohyoid is a muscle of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus mylohyoideus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Mylohyoid line on the medial surface of the mandible.
- Insertion
- Median raphe between the two sides, and the body of the hyoid.
- Action
- Raises the floor of the mouth and the tongue.
- Nerve
- Mylohyoid branch of the mandibular nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Mylohyoid
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus mylohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the mylohyoid
- What is the Latin name of the mylohyoid?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the mylohyoid is called Musculus mylohyoideus.
- Where is the mylohyoid of the pig?
- Mylohyoid is a muscle of the neck (neck), a single structure on the midline.
- Where does the mylohyoid originate and insert?
- Origin: Mylohyoid line on the medial surface of the mandible. Insertion: Median raphe between the two sides, and the body of the hyoid.
- What nerve supplies the mylohyoid?
- Mylohyoid branch of the mandibular nerve.
- What does the mylohyoid do?
- Raises the floor of the mouth and the tongue.
See the mylohyoid inside the whole pig.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
