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digastric muscle

digastric muscle noun: 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.

Noun

digastric muscle (plural digastric muscles)

  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.

Forms of digastric muscle

pluraldigastric muscles
alternative formdigastric
alternative formdigastricus

Questions about digastric muscle

What does digastric muscle mean?
Digastric muscle means 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.
What part of speech is digastric muscle?
Digastric muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of digastric muscle?
The plural of digastric muscle is digastric muscles.

Words near digastric muscle in the dictionary

  1. digammic
  2. digamous
  3. digamy
  4. Diganta
  5. digastric
  6. digastric muscle
  7. digastric muscles
  8. digastrici
  9. digastrics
  10. digastricus
  11. Digbeth

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