Definition of digastric in English:
digastric
(also digastric muscle)
noun dʌɪˈɡastrɪkdaɪˈɡæstrɪk
Anatomy Each of a pair of muscles which run under the jaw and act to open it.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tip is dissected from the underlying digastric muscle with care to avoid the stylomastoid foramen and facial nerve.
- The submandibular glands are located within a triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and the body of the mandible.
- Training caused an increase in the activity of citrate synthase and superoxide dismutase in the digastric muscle, the sternohyoid muscle, and the costal diaphragm.
- Accessory slips may join the muscle from the digastric, from the stylomandibular ligament, or the angle of the mandible.
- The insertion of the superior belly may overshoot the hyoid bone and attach alongside the digastric.
Origin
Late 17th century: from modern Latin digastricus, from di- 'twice' + Greek gastēr 'belly' (because the muscle has two fleshy parts or ‘bellies’ at an angle, connected by a tendon).
Definition of digastric in US English:
digastric
(also digastric muscle)
noundīˈɡastrikdaɪˈɡæstrɪk
Anatomy Each of a pair of muscles which run under the jaw and act to open it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Accessory slips may join the muscle from the digastric, from the stylomandibular ligament, or the angle of the mandible.
- The submandibular glands are located within a triangle bounded by the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the posterior belly of the digastric muscle, and the body of the mandible.
- Training caused an increase in the activity of citrate synthase and superoxide dismutase in the digastric muscle, the sternohyoid muscle, and the costal diaphragm.
- The tip is dissected from the underlying digastric muscle with care to avoid the stylomastoid foramen and facial nerve.
- The insertion of the superior belly may overshoot the hyoid bone and attach alongside the digastric.
Origin
Late 17th century: from modern Latin digastricus, from di- ‘twice’ + Greek gastēr ‘belly’ (because the muscle has two fleshy parts or ‘bellies’ at an angle, connected by a tendon).