Digastric
Musculus digastricus
Opens the jaw.
About the digastric of the pig
Digastric is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus digastricus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Paracondylar process of the occipital bone.
- Insertion
- Ventral border of the body of the mandible.
- Action
- Opens the jaw.
- Nerve
- Rostral belly from the mandibular nerve; caudal belly from the facial nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Digastric
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus digastricus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the digastric
- What is the Latin name of the digastric?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the digastric is called Musculus digastricus.
- Where is the digastric of the pig?
- Digastric is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the digastric originate and insert?
- Origin: Paracondylar process of the occipital bone. Insertion: Ventral border of the body of the mandible.
- What nerve supplies the digastric?
- Rostral belly from the mandibular nerve; caudal belly from the facial nerve.
- What does the digastric do?
- Opens the jaw.
See the digastric inside the whole pig.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
