title: Imaging of the mylohyoid muscle: separation of submandibular and sublingual spaces.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otonari-Yamamoto
authors.forename: Koh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otonari
authors.forename: Hugh D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Curtin
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sano
mesh_terms: 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*