Definition of Digastric. Meaning of Digastric. Synonyms of Digastric

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Definition of Digastric

Digastric
Digastric Di*gas"tric, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? belly: cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

Meaning of Digastric from wikipedia

- The digastric muscle (also digastricus) (named digastric as it has two 'bellies') is a bilaterally paired suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw. Its...
- the attachment of the sternocleidomastoid, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, splenius capitis, and longissimus capitis. On the medial side...
- digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid muscles. They are all pharyngeal muscles, with the exception of the geniohyoid muscle. The digastric...
- contralateral digastric muscle, Anterior belly of ipsilateral digastric muscle Level IB: Body of mandible, Posterior belly of digastric muscle, Anterior...
- branch. It then gives rise to the branch to the posterior belly of the digastric, and then the branch to the stylohyoid. The facial nerve then p****es through...
- situated in the submental triangle, between the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle and the hyoid bone. The submental lymph nodes are situated in the...
- The submandibular triangle (or submaxillary or digastric triangle) corresponds to the region of the neck immediately beneath the body of the mandible...
- while visceral fascia covers the floor. Muscles: Suprahyoid muscles - Digastric (Ant and Post Belly), mylohyoid, geniohyoid and Stylohyoid. Infrahyoid...
- external carotid artery. Its origin occurs immediately superior to the digastric muscle and stylohyoid muscle, and opposite the apex of the styloid process...
- It is perforated near its insertion by the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle. The muscle arises from the posterior surface of the temporal styloid...