| 1. | Each person has a right and left digastric muscle.
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| 2. | The digastric muscles are present in a variety of animals, specific attachment sites may vary.
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| 3. | Ia is the submental triangle bound by the anterior bellies of the digastric and the mylohyoid.
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| 4. | Likewise, we speak of the digastric even though there is a right and left digastric muscle.
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| 5. | Likewise, we speak of the digastric even though there is a right and left digastric muscle.
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| 6. | At the beginning of this action it is assisted by the digastric, mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles.
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| 7. | For example, in the Orangutan, the posterior digastric attaches to the mandible rather than the hyoid.
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| 8. | Ib is the triangle formed by the anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric and body of mandible.
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| 9. | The anterior division gives off branches to the four main muscles of mastication and a anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
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| 10. | In the neck, the accessory nerve crosses the internal jugular vein around the level of the posterior belly of digastric muscle.
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