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Anterior view.<br /><a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">Hyoid bone</a> is white horizontal line near top.<br /><a href="/wiki/Infrahyoid_muscles" title="Infrahyoid muscles">Infrahyoid muscles</a> are below hyoid, while <b>Suprahyoid muscles</b> are labeled above.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>musculi suprahyoidei</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/04.2.03.001%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A04.2.03.001</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=2159">2159</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma71301">71301</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_muscle" title="Anatomical terms of muscle">Anatomical terms of muscle</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2254233" class="extiw" title="d:Q2254233">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>suprahyoid muscles</b> are four <a href="/wiki/Muscle" title="Muscle">muscles</a> located above the <a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">hyoid bone</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Neck" title="Neck">neck</a>. They are the <a href="/wiki/Digastric" class="mw-redirect" title="Digastric">digastric</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Stylohyoid">stylohyoid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geniohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Geniohyoid">geniohyoid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_muscle" title="Mylohyoid muscle">mylohyoid</a> muscles. They are all <a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_muscles" title="Pharyngeal muscles">pharyngeal muscles</a>, with the exception of the geniohyoid muscle. The <a href="/wiki/Digastric" class="mw-redirect" title="Digastric">digastric</a> is uniquely named for its two bellies. Its posterior belly rises from the <a href="/wiki/Mastoid_process" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastoid process">mastoid process</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Human_skull" class="mw-redirect" title="Human skull">cranium</a> and slopes downward and forward. The anterior belly arises from the <a href="/wiki/Digastric_fossa" class="mw-redirect" title="Digastric fossa">digastric fossa</a> on the inner surface of the <a href="/wiki/Mandibular" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandibular">mandibular</a> body, which slopes downward and backward. The two bellies connect at the <a href="/wiki/Digastric_muscle#intermediate_tendon" title="Digastric muscle">intermediate tendon</a>. The intermediate tendon passes through a connective tissue loop attached to the hyoid bone.<sup id="cite_ref-Saladin_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saladin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_muscle" title="Mylohyoid muscle">mylohyoid muscles</a> are thin, flat muscles that form a sling inferior to the tongue supporting the floor of the mouth. The <a href="/wiki/Geniohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Geniohyoid">geniohyoids</a> are short, narrow muscles that contact each other in the midline.<sup id="cite_ref-Extrinsic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Extrinsic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Stylohyoid">stylohyoids</a> are long, thin muscles that are nearly parallel with the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.<sup id="cite_ref-Extrinsic_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Extrinsic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprahyoid_muscles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These four muscles have different actions, but in general assist in elevating the <a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">hyoid bone</a> and widening the <a href="/wiki/Esophagus" title="Esophagus">esophagus</a> during <a href="/wiki/Swallowing" title="Swallowing">swallowing</a>. When the two bellies of the <a href="/wiki/Digastric" class="mw-redirect" title="Digastric">digastric</a> contract, they pull upward on the hyoid bone; but if the hyoid is fixed from below, the <a href="/wiki/Digastric" class="mw-redirect" title="Digastric">digastric</a> assists in extreme opening of the mouth such as yawning or taking a large bite of an apple.<sup id="cite_ref-Saladin_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saladin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_muscle" title="Mylohyoid muscle">mylohyoid</a> elevates the hyoid bone, tenses the floor of the mouth. The <a href="/wiki/Geniohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Geniohyoid">geniohyoid</a> pulls the hyoid bone anterosuperiorly, shortening the floor of the mouth and widening the pharynx during swallowing. The <a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid" class="mw-redirect" title="Stylohyoid">stylohyoid</a> elevates and retracts the hyoid bone, elongating the floor of the mouth during swallowing.<sup id="cite_ref-Extrinsic_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Extrinsic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Muscle</th> <th>Origin</th> <th>Insertion</th> <th>Innervation </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Digastric_muscle" title="Digastric muscle">Digastric</a> (anterior belly)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mastoid_notch" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastoid notch">Digastric fossa</a> of Mandible</td> <td>Intermediate Tendon</td> <td>Mylohyoid nerve - branch of CN V3 (Mandibular division of Trigeminal nerve) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Digastric_muscle" title="Digastric muscle">Digastric</a> (posterior belly)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mastoid_notch" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastoid notch">Mastoid notch</a></td> <td>Intermediate Tendon</td> <td>Facial nerve (CN VII) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geniohyoid_muscle" title="Geniohyoid muscle">Geniohyoid</a></td> <td>Inferior <a href="/wiki/Mental_spine" title="Mental spine">mental spine</a> of <a href="/wiki/Symphysis_menti" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphysis menti">symphysis menti</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">Hyoid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_1" title="Cervical spinal nerve 1">Cervical spinal nerve 1</a> via the hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid_muscle" title="Stylohyoid muscle">Stylohyoid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Temporal_styloid_process" title="Temporal styloid process">Temporal styloid process</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">Hyoid</a></td> <td>Facial nerve (CN VII) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_muscle" title="Mylohyoid muscle">Mylohyoid</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_line" title="Mylohyoid line">Mylohyoid line</a> of mandible</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hyoid_bone" title="Hyoid bone">Hyoid</a></td> <td>Mylohyoid nerve - branch of CN V3 (Mandibular division of Trigeminal nerve - CN V) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprahyoid_muscles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Infrahyoid_muscles" title="Infrahyoid muscles">Infrahyoid muscles</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Suprahyoid_muscles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Saladin-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Saladin_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Saladin_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSaladin2015" class="citation book cs1">Saladin, Kenneth (2015). <i>Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function</i> (7th ed.). 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colli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalene_muscles" title="Scalene muscles">Scalene</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_scalene" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior scalene">anterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_scalene" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle scalene">middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_scalene" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior scalene">posterior</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectus_capitis_anterior_muscle" title="Rectus capitis anterior muscle">Rectus capitis anterior muscle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectus_capitis_lateralis_muscle" title="Rectus capitis lateralis muscle">Rectus capitis lateralis muscle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suboccipital_muscles" title="Suboccipital muscles">Suboccipital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Rectus capitis posterior</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rectus_capitis_posterior_major_muscle" title="Rectus capitis posterior major muscle">major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectus_capitis_posterior_minor_muscle" title="Rectus capitis posterior minor muscle">minor</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>Obliquus capitis</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obliquus_capitis_inferior_muscle" title="Obliquus capitis inferior muscle">inferior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obliquus_capitis_superior_muscle" title="Obliquus capitis superior muscle">superior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Suprahyoid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mylohyoid_muscle" title="Mylohyoid muscle">Mylohyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid_muscle" title="Stylohyoid muscle">Stylohyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digastric_muscle" title="Digastric muscle">Digastric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geniohyoid_muscle" title="Geniohyoid muscle">Geniohyoid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Infrahyoid_muscles" title="Infrahyoid muscles">Infrahyoid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thyrohyoid_muscle" title="Thyrohyoid muscle">Thyrohyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternohyoid_muscle" title="Sternohyoid muscle">Sternohyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternothyroid_muscle" title="Sternothyroid muscle">Sternothyroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omohyoid_muscle" title="Omohyoid muscle">Omohyoid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_muscles" title="Pharyngeal muscles">Pharynx</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_constrictor" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharyngeal constrictor">Pharyngeal constrictor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle" title="Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle" title="Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle">middle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle" title="Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle">inferior</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stylopharyngeus_muscle" title="Stylopharyngeus muscle">Stylopharyngeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salpingopharyngeus_muscle" title="Salpingopharyngeus muscle">Salpingopharyngeus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Muscles_of_larynx" class="mw-redirect" title="Muscles of larynx">Larynx</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cricothyroid_muscle" title="Cricothyroid muscle">Cricothyroid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricoarytenoid_muscle" title="Cricoarytenoid muscle">Cricoarytenoid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_cricoarytenoid_muscle" title="Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle">posterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_cricoarytenoid_muscle" title="Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle">lateral</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arytenoid_muscle" title="Arytenoid muscle">Arytenoid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oblique_arytenoid" title="Oblique arytenoid">oblique arytenoid</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aryepiglottic_muscle" title="Aryepiglottic muscle">aryepiglottic</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arytenoid_muscle" title="Arytenoid muscle">transverse arytenoid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thyroarytenoid_muscle" title="Thyroarytenoid muscle">Thyroarytenoid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vocal_muscle" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocal muscle">vocal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thyroepiglottic_muscle" title="Thyroepiglottic muscle">thyroepiglottic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trachea" title="Trachea">Trachea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trachealis_muscle" title="Trachealis muscle">Trachealis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fascia" title="Fascia">Fasciae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_cervical_fascia" title="Deep cervical fascia">Deep cervical fascia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pretracheal_fascia" title="Pretracheal fascia">Pretracheal fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prevertebral_fascia" title="Prevertebral fascia">Prevertebral fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investing_layer_of_deep_cervical_fascia" title="Investing layer of deep cervical fascia">Investing layer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carotid_sheath" title="Carotid sheath">Carotid sheath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alar_fascia" title="Alar fascia">Alar fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palatine_aponeurosis" title="Palatine aponeurosis">Palatine aponeurosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buccopharyngeal_fascia" title="Buccopharyngeal fascia">Buccopharyngeal fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngobasilar_fascia" title="Pharyngobasilar fascia">Pharyngobasilar fascia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_raphe" title="Pharyngeal raphe">Pharyngeal raphe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_cranial_nerves516" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Cranial_nerves" title="Template:Cranial nerves"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Cranial_nerves" title="Template talk:Cranial nerves"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Cranial_nerves" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Cranial nerves"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_cranial_nerves516" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">The <a href="/wiki/Cranial_nerves" title="Cranial nerves">cranial nerves</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Terminal_nerve" title="Terminal nerve">Terminal</a> (CN 0)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Septal_nuclei" class="mw-redirect" title="Septal nuclei">septal nuclei</a></li></ul></li> <li>Course <ul><li><i>no significant branches</i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Olfactory_nerve" title="Olfactory nerve">Olfactory</a> (CN I)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_olfactory_nucleus" title="Anterior olfactory nucleus">anterior olfactory nucleus</a></li></ul></li> <li>Course <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Olfactory_bulb" title="Olfactory bulb">olfactory bulb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olfactory_tract" title="Olfactory tract">olfactory tract</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Optic_nerve" title="Optic nerve">Optic</a> (CN II)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_geniculate_nucleus" title="Lateral geniculate nucleus">lateral geniculate nucleus</a></li></ul></li> <li>Course <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Optic_chiasm" title="Optic chiasm">optic chiasm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optic_tract" title="Optic tract">optic tract</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oculomotor_nerve" title="Oculomotor nerve">Oculomotor</a> (CN III)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oculomotor_nucleus" title="Oculomotor nucleus">oculomotor nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinger%E2%80%93Westphal_nucleus" title="Edinger–Westphal nucleus">Edinger–Westphal nucleus</a></li></ul></li> <li>Branches <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_branch_of_oculomotor_nerve" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior branch of oculomotor nerve">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasympathetic_root_of_ciliary_ganglion" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion">parasympathetic root</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ciliary_ganglion" title="Ciliary ganglion">ciliary ganglion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_branch_of_oculomotor_nerve" class="mw-redirect" title="Inferior branch of oculomotor nerve">inferior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trochlear_nerve" title="Trochlear nerve">Trochlear</a> (CN IV)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trochlear_nucleus" title="Trochlear nucleus">Nucleus</a></li> <li>Branches <ul><li><i>no significant branches</i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trigeminal_nerve" title="Trigeminal nerve">Trigeminal</a> (CN V)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principal_sensory_nucleus_of_trigeminal_nerve" title="Principal sensory nucleus of trigeminal nerve">PSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spinal_trigeminal_nucleus" title="Spinal trigeminal nucleus">spinal trigeminal nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesencephalic_nucleus_of_trigeminal_nerve" title="Mesencephalic nucleus of trigeminal nerve">MN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trigeminal_motor_nucleus" title="Trigeminal motor nucleus">TMN</a></li></ul></li> <li>Course <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trigeminal_ganglion" title="Trigeminal ganglion">trigeminal ganglion</a></li></ul></li> <li>Branches <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ophthalmic_nerve" title="Ophthalmic nerve">ophthalmic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxillary_nerve" title="Maxillary nerve">maxillary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandibular_nerve" title="Mandibular nerve">mandibular</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Abducens_nerve" title="Abducens nerve">Abducens</a> (CN VI)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abducens_nucleus" title="Abducens nucleus">Nucleus</a></li> <li>Branches <ul><li><i>no significant branches</i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Facial_nerve" title="Facial nerve">Facial</a> (CN VII)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Near origin</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intermediate_nerve" title="Intermediate nerve">Intermediate nerve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geniculate_ganglion" title="Geniculate ganglion">Geniculate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inside<br /><a href="/wiki/Facial_canal" title="Facial canal">facial canal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_petrosal_nerve" title="Greater petrosal nerve">Greater petrosal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pterygopalatine_ganglion" title="Pterygopalatine ganglion">pterygopalatine ganglion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerve_to_the_stapedius" title="Nerve to the stapedius">Nerve to the stapedius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorda_tympani" title="Chorda tympani">Chorda tympani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lingual_nerve" title="Lingual nerve">lingual nerve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submandibular_ganglion" title="Submandibular ganglion">submandibular ganglion</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">At <a href="/wiki/Stylomastoid_foramen" title="Stylomastoid foramen">stylomastoid<br />foramen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_auricular_nerve" title="Posterior auricular nerve">Posterior auricular</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Suprahyoid</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digastric_branch_of_facial_nerve" title="Digastric branch of facial nerve">digastric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stylohyoid_branch_of_facial_nerve" title="Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve">stylohyoid</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parotid_plexus" title="Parotid plexus">Parotid plexus</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Temporal_branches_of_the_facial_nerve" title="Temporal branches of the facial nerve">temporal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zygomatic_branches_of_the_facial_nerve" title="Zygomatic branches of the facial nerve">zygomatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buccal_branch_of_the_facial_nerve" class="mw-redirect" title="Buccal branch of the facial nerve">buccal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marginal_mandibular_branch_of_facial_nerve" class="mw-redirect" title="Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve">mandibular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cervical_branch_of_the_facial_nerve" title="Cervical branch of the facial nerve">cervical</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nuclei</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Facial_motor_nucleus" title="Facial motor nucleus">Facial motor nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solitary_nucleus" title="Solitary nucleus">Solitary nucleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_salivary_nucleus" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior salivary nucleus">Superior salivary nucleus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vestibulocochlear_nerve" title="Vestibulocochlear nerve">Vestibulocochlear</a> (CN VIII)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Nuclei <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vestibular_nuclei" title="Vestibular nuclei">vestibular nuclei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochlear_nuclei" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochlear nuclei">cochlear nuclei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochlear_nerve" title="Cochlear nerve">Cochlear nerve</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Striae_medullares" class="mw-redirect" title="Striae medullares">striae medullares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_lemniscus" title="Lateral lemniscus">lateral lemniscus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vestibular_nerve" title="Vestibular nerve">Vestibular</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scarpa%27s_ganglion" class="mw-redirect" title="Scarpa's ganglion">Scarpa's ganglion</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Glossopharyngeal nerve">Glossopharyngeal</a> (CN IX)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Before <a href="/wiki/Jugular_fossa" title="Jugular fossa">jugular fossa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ganglia <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_ganglion_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_ganglion_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve">inferior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">After <a href="/wiki/Jugular_fossa" title="Jugular fossa">jugular fossa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tympanic_nerve" title="Tympanic nerve">Tympanic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tympanic_plexus" title="Tympanic plexus">tympanic plexus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lesser_petrosal_nerve" title="Lesser petrosal nerve">lesser petrosal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otic_ganglion" title="Otic ganglion">otic ganglion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stylopharyngeal_branch_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve">Stylopharyngeal branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_branches_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerve">Pharyngeal branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonsillar_branches_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Tonsillar branches of glossopharyngeal nerve">Tonsillar branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lingual_branches_of_glossopharyngeal_nerve" title="Lingual branches of glossopharyngeal nerve">Lingual branches</a></li> <li><a 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