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 anterior digastric digastricus, venter rostralis digastric, anterior venter posterior musculus digastrici anterior anterior belly of digastric digastricus anterior anterior digastric muscle venter anterior (musculus digastricus) anterior belly of digastric muscle
Term information
- SCTID:141804004
- EMAPA:37405 (MA:th)
- FMA:46302
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The anterior digastric is a pharyngeal arch I muscle that participates in oral/pharygeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to mylohyoid and superficial to mylohyoid muscle, and lacks the midline raphe.[FEED]
Term relations
- trigeminal nerve muscle and superficial to some mylohyoid muscle and attached to some mandible and attached to some hyoid bone
- trigeminal nerve muscle
- muscle of digastric group
- innervated_by some mylohyoid nerve
- has muscle origin some mandible