The anterior digastric is a pharyngeal arch I muscle that participates in oral/pharygeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid (a branch of the third division of the trigeminal nerve), is attached to the mandible and to the hyoid apparatus, and it is superficial to mylohyoid muscle. [ MFMO:0000073 http://www.feedexp.org/ ]
Synonyms: digastricus anterior belly digastricus, venter rostralis anterior digastric digastric, anterior anterior belly of digastric venter posterior musculus digastrici anterior digastricus anterior anterior belly of digastric muscle anterior digastric muscle venter anterior (musculus digastricus)
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Term relations
- trigeminal nerve muscle and BSPO_0000108 some mylohyoid muscle and attached to some mandible and attached to some hyoid bone
- trigeminal nerve muscle
- muscle of digastric group
- BSPO_0000108 some mylohyoid muscle
- attached to some mandible
- innervated_by some mylohyoid nerve
- has muscle origin some mandible
- attached to some hyoid bone