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Digastric muscle: Measurement, Overview & Anatomy

The digastric muscle (also digastricus or musculus biventer mandibulae) (named digastric as it has two 'bellies') is a bilaterally paired suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw. Its posterior belly is attached to the mastoid notch of temporal bone, and its anterior belly is attached to the digastric fossa of mandible; the two bellies are united by an…

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Digastric muscle topic overview

The analysis highlights Measurement, Overview and Anatomy as prominent areas in the source structure around Digastric muscle.

Related topics
30
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
33
Extracted relationships
17
Concept neighborhoods
22
Bridge connections
33

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 19 topics
Anatomy · 9 topics
Other animals · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
Opens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed.
Artery
Anterior belly - Submental branch of facial artery; posterior belly - occipital artery
FMA
46291
Insertion
Intermediate tendon (hyoid bone)
Latin
musculus digastricus or musculus biventer mandibulae
Nerve
Anterior belly - mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal (CN V) via the mylohyoid nerve; posterior belly - facial nerve (CN VII)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Anatomy

Other animals

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Digastric muscle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Digastric muscle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Digastric muscle → For, The Another extracted example is Digastric muscle → Opens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed.. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Digastric muscle

Top relations

related to Other animals · 2
Digastric muscle → For, The
Actions · 1
Digastric muscle → Opens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed.
Artery · 1
Digastric muscle → Anterior belly - Submental branch of facial artery; posterior belly - occipital artery
FMA · 1
Digastric muscle → 46291
Insertion · 1
Digastric muscle → Intermediate tendon (hyoid bone)
Latin · 1
Digastric muscle → musculus digastricus or musculus biventer mandibulae
Nerve · 1
Digastric muscle → Anterior belly - mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal (CN V) via the mylohyoid nerve; posterior belly - facial nerve (CN VII)
Origin · 1
Digastric muscle → Anterior belly - digastric fossa (mandible); posterior belly - mastoid notch of temporal bone
TA2 · 1
Digastric muscle → 2160
TA98 · 1
Digastric muscle → A04.2.03.002

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

belly digastric posterior tendon muscle anterior mandible bone hyoid intermediate may two citation needed bellies jaw attaches neck temporal nerve

Digastric muscle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Digastric muscle. Examples in this analysis include Digastric muscle → Actions → Opens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed. and Digastric muscle → Artery → Anterior belly - Submental branch of facial artery; posterior belly - occipital artery. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Digastric muscleActionsOpens the jaw when the masseter and the temporalis are relaxed.1.00infobox
Digastric muscleArteryAnterior belly - Submental branch of facial artery; posterior belly - occipital artery1.00infobox
Digastric muscleFMA462911.00infobox
Digastric muscleInsertionIntermediate tendon (hyoid bone)1.00infobox
Digastric muscleLatinmusculus digastricus or musculus biventer mandibulae1.00infobox
Digastric muscleNerveAnterior belly - mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal (CN V) via the mylohyoid nerve; posterior belly - facial nerve (CN VII)1.00infobox
Digastric muscleOriginAnterior belly - digastric fossa (mandible); posterior belly - mastoid notch of temporal bone1.00infobox
Digastric muscleTA221601.00infobox
Digastric muscleTA98A04.2.03.0021.00infobox
speakinginstance ofFunctionThe digastric muscle is involved in any complex jaw action0.80text
swallowinginstance ofFunctionThe digastric muscle is involved in any complex jaw action0.80text
chewinginstance ofFunctionThe digastric muscle is involved in any complex jaw action0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Digastric muscle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Posterior, Anterior and Belly. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Digastric muscle
    • Posterior
    • Anterior
    • Belly
    • Two
    • Mandible
    • May
    • Muscle
    • Bellies
    • Citation
    • Intermediate
    • Needed
    • Fossa
  • digastric muscle
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Posterior
    • Anterior
    • Jaw
    • Belly
    • Two
    • Mandible
    • May
    • Muscle
    • Bellies
    • Bone
  • suprahyoid muscle
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Jaw
    • Two
    • Belly
    • May
    • Posterior
    • Bellies
    • Bone
    • Anterior
    • Intermediate
    • Hyoid
  • jaw
    • Muscle
    • Mandibulae
    • Musculus
    • Citation
    • Mylohyoid
    • Needed
    • Hyoid
    • Bone
    • Belly
    • Two
    • Posterior
    • Mandible
  • mastoid notch of the temporal bone
    • Notch
    • Temporal
    • Hyoid
    • Fossa
    • Mandible
    • Posterior
    • Attaches
    • Bellies
    • Bone
    • Masseter
    • Mastoid
    • Muscle
  • digastric fossa of mandible
    • Hyoid
    • Mastoid
    • Notch
    • Posterior
    • Anterior
    • Belly
    • Mandible
    • Temporal
    • Two
    • Muscle
    • Attaches
    • Bellies
  • facial nerve (cranial nerve vii)
    • Via
    • Branch
    • Facial
    • Nerve
    • Mandibular
    • Vii
    • Masseter
    • Temporalis
    • Mylohyoid
    • Actions
    • Biventer
    • Digastricus
  • mastoid process
    • Notch
    • Temporal
    • Fossa
    • Attaches
    • Bellies
    • Bone
    • Masseter
    • Temporalis
    • Two
    • Actions
    • Intermediate
    • Mandible

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Digastric muscle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Digastric muscle with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Digastric muscleOverview · splits 14 ⟂ 20
Digastric muscleAnatomy · splits 24 ⟂ 10
Digastric muscleOther animals · splits 31 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Digastric muscle

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples17
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Digastric muscle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Measurement, Overview & Anatomy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Digastric muscle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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