The digastric muscle’s anterior accessory belly: case report

• Genny Reyes ^[1] ; Camilo Contreras ^[1] ; Luis Miguel Ramírez ^[1] ; Luis Ernesto Ballesteros ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Industrial de Santander

     Universidad Industrial de Santander

     Colombia

     
• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 12, Nº. 5 (September), 2007
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Digastric muscle is characterized by presenting occasional variations. The suprahyoid region of an 83 year-old male cadaver was dissected and an anatomic variation of the digastric muscle was observed in its anterior belly. It consisted of an accessory bilateral anterior belly originating in the intermediate tendon and inserted into the mylohyoid raphe.

    The implications of this variation are discussed from a diagnostic and functional perspective.