0 Digastric muscles have two fleshy parts joined by a tendon (= a strong band of fibres).
1 a muscle that opens the mouth by moving the jaw bone down
Region bound by the digastric muscle superiorly and the hyoid bone (clinical landmark), or the carotid bifurcation (surgical landmark) inferiorly.
It also innervates the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, the stylohyoid muscle, and the stapedius muscle of the middle ear.
The mastoid notch is also referred to as the digastric groove or the digastric notch.
Muscles that arise from the arch are those involved with facial expression and the posterior digastric muscle.
Ib is the triangle formed by the anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric and body of mandible.
Below the mental spines, on either side of the middle line, is an oval depression for the attachment of the anterior belly of the digastric.
The suprahyoid muscles include digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid.
The term digastric muscle refers to this specific muscle.
