


During dissection of the neck in the submental region found a unilateral variation of the left digastric. The dissection was performed on a human body, adult, male, fixed and preserved in 10% formaldehyde solution, which belongs to the Anatomy Department of the equity of Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. This study aimed to report the presence of a previous accessory belly in digastric. The digastric muscle is one of the supra hyoid muscles that that assist in the chewing movements, usually consisting of two bellies: one anterior and other posterior, united by an intermediate tendon. Anatomical study and variation of the anterior belly of digastric muscle: case report. Received: Febru| Published: April 6, 2017Ĭitation: Accioly Lins CCS, Corrêa DIM, Lima R, et al. Please type the correct Captcha word to see email ID.ĭiana Isabela Machado Correa, 2 Rafaelle de Souza e Lima, 2 Camila Caroline da Silva, 3 Fernanda Maria de Oliveira Villarouco, 1 Nathalia Alves da Silva, 2 Aluizio Jose Bezerra 2ġDepartment of Anatomy, Federal University of Pernambuco, BrazilĢCatholic University of Pernambuco, Anatomy Laboratory, BrazilģDepartment of Prosthetics and Oral Facial Surgery, Federal University of Pernambuco, BrazilĬorrespondence: Carla Cabral dos Santos Accioly Lins, Federal University of Pernambuco, Centre for Biological Sciences, Department of Anatomy, Av Prof Moraes Rego s/n, 50730-000 Recife, Brazil, Tel +55 81 21268555, Fax +55 81 2126 8554 Regret for the inconvenience: we are taking measures to prevent fraudulent form submissions by extractors and page crawlers.
