Digastric
Opens jaw when masseter and temporalis are relaxed. Located in the neck.
- Actions
- opens jaw when masseter and temporalis are relaxed
- Origin
- digastric fossa (mandible)
- Insertion
- intermediate tendon (lesser horn of hyoid bone)
- Innervation
- mandibular nerve [CNV3] via mylohyoid nerve
- Blood supply
- submental branch of facial artery