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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
anterior digastric muscle 
buccinator muscle 
depressor anguli oris muscle 
depressor labii inferioris 
depressor mandibulae muscle 
depressor supercilii 
levator anguli oris 
levator labii superioris 
levator labii superioris alaeque nasi 
mentalis muscle 
nasal muscle +  
orbicularis oris muscle 
platysma 
posterior digastric muscle 
The posterior digastric is a pharyngeal arch II muscle that participates in oral pharyngeal behavior, is innervated by the digastric branch of facial nerve and attaches to the posterior cranial base and the hyoid apparatus. It is found superficial to the mylohyoid muscle.
risorius muscle 
stapedius muscle 
transversus menti muscle 
zygomaticus muscle +  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: digastricus posterior ;   digastricus posterior belly ;   digastricus, venter caudalis ;   m. digastricus posterior ;   posterior belly of digastric ;   posterior belly of digastric muscle ;   venter posterior musculus digastrici
Related Synonyms: posterior digastric
Xrefs: EMAPA:37406 ;   FMA:46303 ;   MFMO:0000060 ;   SCTID:141905002
External Ontologys: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606
Definition Sources: MFMO:0000060

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