Multiple choice

Facial nerve supplies

  1. anterior belly of digastric

  2. posterior belly of digastric

  3. mylohyoid

  4. geniohyoid
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Explanation

The anterior belly of digastric is supplied by the mylohyoid branch of the inferior alveolar nerve and the posterior belly is supplied by the facial nerve. The different innervation of the two parts reflects their separate derivation from the mesenchyme of the first and second branchial arches.

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