Medical Dictionary
digastric muscle
noun
Medical Definition of DIGASTRIC MUSCLE
: either of a pair of muscles having two bellies separated by a median tendon that extend from the anterior inferior margin of the mandible to the temporal bone and serve to depress the lower jaw and raise the hyoid bone especially during swallowing—called also digastric
Illustration of DIGASTRIC MUSCLE
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