- 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...
- 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...
-
Below the
mental spine is an oval
depression (the
digastric fossa of the mandible)
where the
digastric muscle attaches.
Extending backward and
upward on...
-
digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and
mylohyoid muscles. They are all
pharyngeal muscles, with the
exception of the
geniohyoid muscle. The
digastric...
-
responsible for
opening the jaw,
namely the geniohyoid, mylohyoid, and
digastric muscles (the
lateral pterygoid may play a role). The
muscles are: The...
-
contralateral digastric muscle,
Anterior belly of
ipsilateral digastric muscle Level IB: Body of mandible,
Posterior belly of
digastric muscle, Anterior...
- The
digastric branch of
facial nerve provides motor innervation to the
posterior belly of the
digastric muscle. It
branches from the
facial nerve (CN...
- tympani,
tensor veli palatini,
mylohyoid and the
anterior belly of the
digastric. The
trigeminal nerve carries general somatic afferent fibers (GSA), which...
- 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...
