digastric muscle

English

Alternative forms

• digastric, digastricus

Noun

digastric muscle (plural digastric muscles)

1. (anatomy) 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.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二腹肌 (èrfùjī)

References

• “digastric muscle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.