mylohyoid line/ridge
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Introduction
A ridge on the inner surface of the mandible running from a point inferior to the mental spine upward & backward to the ramus behind the last molar tooth.
- gives attachment to the mylohyoid muscle & the lowermost part of the superior constrictor of pharynx
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.