title: The digastric muscle's anterior accessory belly: case report.
abstract: Digastric muscle is characterized by presenting occasional variations. The suprahyoid region of an 83 year-old male cadaver was dissected and an anatomic variation of the digastric muscle was observed in its anterior belly. It consisted of an accessory bilateral anterior belly originating in the intermediate tendon and inserted into the mylohyoid raphe. The implications of this variation are discussed from a diagnostic and functional perspective.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Bucaramanga, Colombia.
authors.forename: Genny
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Camilo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Luis Miguel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: Luis Ernesto
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ballesteros
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*