Anatomic Study of Complex Anomalies of the Digastric Muscle and Review of the Literature

Mustafa F. SARGON; Selda ÖNDEROGLU; H. Selcuk SÜRÜCÜ; Alp BAYRAMOGLU; Deniz DEMIRYÜREK; Hakan ÖZTURK

doi:10.2535/ofaj1936.75.6_305

Mustafa F. SARGON, Selda ÖNDEROGLU, H. Selcuk SÜRÜCÜ, Alp BAYRAMOGLU, Deniz DEMIRYÜREK, Hakan ÖZTURK

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Keywords: Digastric muscle, Anatomy, Complex anomalies, Human cadaver

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1999 Volume 75 Issue 6 Pages 305-313

DOI https://doi.org/10.2535/ofaj1936.75.6_305

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Abstract

The digastric muscles of 99 cadavers were examined bilaterally. In 5 of them, the digastric muscles showed different types of complex abnormalities. These complex anomalies should be kept in mind in functional studies involving the floor of mouth and evaluating the same structures with CT and MR imaging. Secondly, the embryological basis of the isolated anomalies of the anterior digastric muscle with respect to its occurrence together with the mylohyoid muscle stressed in this article needs further studies of their development from the first branchial arch.

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