title: The cutaneous branch of the mylohyoid nerve in the crab-eating monkey (Macaca fascicularis).
abstract: Cutaneous branches of the mylohyoid nerve were observed in both sides of 25 (83.3%) and in one side of 5 (16.7%) out of 30 crab-eating monkeys (Macaca fascicularis). The branch supply the skin and sinus hairs at the mental part. These sinus hairs seem to be the intermandibular sinus hairs according to the manner of nerve supply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, National Defense Medical College, Tokorosawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008036:Lingual Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008251:Macaca / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000294:innervation*; D008340:Mandibular Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000294:innervation