digastric
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of digastric
From the New Latin word digastricus, dating back to 1690–1700. See di- 1, gastric
Example Sentences
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These include the digastric muscle, which has anterior and posterior bellies that work to elevate the hyoid bone and larynx when one swallows; it also depresses the mandible.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Perched high in a wicker armchair astern was Herbert Clark Hoover, a floppy hat shading his eyes, a three-inch starched collar prodding his digastric muscle.
From Time Magazine Archive
As their name indicates, these muscles are found above the hyoid bone; amongst those which should arrest our attention for a moment are the mylo-hyoid and the digastric.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
Having two bellies or protuberances; as, a biventral, or digastric, muscle, or the biventral lobe of the cerebellum.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
The submaxillary gland lies under the integument and fascia in the triangle formed by the lower jaw and the two bellies of the digastric muscle.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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