English Explanatory Dictionary

digastric muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of a pair of muscles having two fleshy ends connected by a tendon that depress the lower jaw and raise the hyoid bone during swallowing.

Word forms

digastric muscle digastric muscles digastric digastricus
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