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. [ http://www.feedexp.org/ MFMO:0000073 ]
Synonyms: digastricus anterior belly digastricus, venter rostralis anterior digastric digastric, anterior anterior belly of digastric venter posterior musculus digastrici anterior digastricus anterior anterior digastric muscle anterior belly of digastric muscle venter anterior (musculus digastricus)
Term information
- EMAPA:37405 (MA:th)
- SCTID:141804004
- 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
- in taxon some (not Pongo)
- attached to some mandible
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 1
- superficial to some mylohyoid muscle
- innervated_by some mylohyoid nerve
- has muscle origin some mandible
- attached to some hyoid bone