Imaging of the mylohyoid muscle: separation of submandibular and sublingual spaces.
OBJECTIVE
This article focuses on the anatomy of the mylohyoid muscle, a crucial landmark in imaging of the oral cavity and upper neck, showing dissected specimens and CT and MR images.


CONCLUSIONS
Identification of the relationship of a lesion in the sublingual space to the mylohyoid muscle using MDCT and high-resolution MRI is a key part of the imaging assessment of the oral cavity and upper neck.
Otonari-Yamamoto
Mika
M
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Tokyo Dental College, 1-2-2 Masago, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 261-8502, Japan. myamamoto@tdc.ac.jp
Nakajima
Koh
K
Tsuji
Yuriko
Y
Otonari
Takamichi
T
Curtin
Hugh D
HD
Okano
Tomohiro
T
Sano
Tsukasa
T
D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*