right digastric
In 2 atlases
Definition
A group of muscles (or in some classifications, muscle bellies) that are located under the jaw and attach to the base of the cranium and typically attaches to the hyoid apparatus via a common tendon.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Origin
- mastoid notch
- Insertion
- Digastric fossa of Mandible
- Innervation
- right facial nerve (VII), right nerve to mylohyoid muscle
Neighbouring structures
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Identifiers
- FMA
- 46292
- Wikidata
- Q66536453