0 the muscle that goes from the lower jaw to the hyoid bone (= a bone in the middle of the neck) that forms the floor of the mouth
Together, the paired mylohyoid muscles form a muscular floor (diaphragm) for the oral cavity (the mouth).
It is a potential space located between the mylohyoid muscle superiorly, the platysma muscle inferiorly, under the chin in the midline.
The mylohyoid separates the submandibular space below from the sublingual space above.
It is situated above the deep portion of the submandibular gland, on the hyoglossus muscle, near the posterior border of the mylohyoid muscle.
The suprahyoid muscles include digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid.
This arrangement means that the apices of posterior teeth are more likely to be below the level of mylohyoid.
The mylohyoid line is at the body while the mylohyoid groove is at the ramus.
Label for mylohyoid nerve is at bottom center.
