- digastric muscle
- muscle digastrique
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
digastric muscle
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Digastric muscle — Muscles of the neck. Lateral view … Wikipedia
digastric muscle — n either of a pair of muscles having two bellies separated by a median tendon that extend from the anterior inferior margin of the mandible to the temporal bone and serve to depress the lower jaw and raise the hyoid bone esp. during swallowing… … Medical dictionary
digastric muscle — [dʌɪ gastrɪk] noun Anatomy each of a pair of muscles which run under the jaw and act to open it. Origin C17: from mod. L. digastricus, from di twice + Gk gastēr belly (because the muscle has two fleshy parts or ‘bellies’ connected by a tendon) … English new terms dictionary
Digastric — Di*gas tric, a. [Gr. di = di s twice + ? belly: cf. F. digastrique.] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
digastric — 1. Having two bellies; denoting especially a muscle with two fleshy parts separated by an intervening tendinous part. SYN: biventral. See d. (muscle). 2. Relating to the d. muscle; denoting a fossa or groove with which it is in relation and a… … Medical dictionary
digastric — 1. adjective a) Having two bellies; biventral b) Having two fleshy ends connected by a tendon 2. noun The digastric muscle … Wiktionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
digastric — [dī gas′trik] adj. [ModL digastricus < Gr di , two + gastēr, belly: see GASTRO ] designating or of a muscle that bellies out from both sides of its tendon, esp. such a muscle in the neck that helps to lower the jaw and indirectly moves the… … English World dictionary
anterior belly of digastric muscle — venter anterior musculi digastrici … Medical dictionary
posterior belly of digastric muscle — venter posterior musculi digastrici … Medical dictionary
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
