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  2. Digastric muscle - Wikipedia

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    The digastric muscle (also digastricus) (named digastric as it has two 'bellies') is a bilaterally paired suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw.Its posterior belly is attached to the mastoid notch of temporal bone, and its anterior belly is attached to the digastric fossa of mandible; the two bellies are united by an intermediate tendon which is held in a loop that attaches to the hyoid bone.

  3. Muscles of mastication - Wikipedia

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    The four classical muscles of mastication elevate the mandible (closing the jaw) and move it forward/backward and laterally, facilitating biting and chewing. Other muscles are responsible for opening the jaw, namely the geniohyoid, mylohyoid, and digastric muscles (the lateral pterygoid may play a role).

  4. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    digastric, anterior belly Neck, Suprahyoid, Right/left digastric fossa intermediate tendon (lesser horn of hyoid bone) submental branch of facial artery: mandibular nerve [CNV 3] via mylohyoid nerve: opens jaw when masseter and temporalis are relaxed ?? 2 2 digastric, posterior belly Neck, Suprahyoid, Right/left mastoid process of temporal bone

  5. Suprahyoid muscles - Wikipedia

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    These four muscles have different actions, but in general assist in elevating the hyoid bone and widening the esophagus during swallowing.When the two bellies of the digastric contract, they pull upward on the hyoid bone; but if the hyoid is fixed from below, the digastric assists in extreme opening of the mouth such as yawning or taking a large bite of an apple. [1]

  6. Mastoid part of the temporal bone - Wikipedia

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    The mastoid process serves for the attachment of the sternocleidomastoid, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, splenius capitis, and longissimus capitis. On the medial side of the process is a deep groove, the mastoid notch, for the attachment of the digastric muscle ; medial to this is a shallow furrow, the occipital groove , which ...

  7. Mandible - Wikipedia

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    Below the mental spine is an oval depression (the digastric fossa of the mandible) where the digastric muscle attaches. [7] Extending backward and upward on either side from the lower symphysis is a ridge called the mylohyoid line , where the mylohyoid muscle attaches; a small part of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle attaches to the ...

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  9. Anterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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    Mylohyoid: by its own nerve, a branch of the inferior alveolar (from the mandibular division of trigeminal nerve), which arises just before the parent nerve enters the mandibular foramen, pierces the sphenomandibular ligament, and runs forward on the inferior surface of the mylohyoid, supplying it and the anterior belly of the digastric.