MYOSTABILITY · VISUAL LIBRARY

Digastric

Two bellies meet at a pale tendon tethered to the floating hyoid beneath the jaw.

Digastric highlighted in gold. Two bellies meet at a pale tendon tethered to the floating hyoid beneath the jaw.
Attachments & illustration source

Anterior belly starts on inner chin; posterior belly starts near mastoid notch. Intermediate tendon is tethered to hyoid by a fibrous sling.

Original anatomical illustration. Fine attachment boundaries are simplified.

UAMS — Muscles of the head and neck