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Type of Article: Case Report

Year: 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 3 | Page No. 2882-2885

Date of Publication: 30-09-2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.388

ANATOMICAL VARIATION OF DIGASTRIC MUSCLE AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Chaithra Rao B R *¹, Sunkeswari Sreepadma ², Veena Kulkarni ³, Subhash K Deshpande ⁴.

^*1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

² Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Medical Sciences, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

³ Professor, Department of Anatomy, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Medical Sciences, Sattur, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

⁴ Professor & HOD, Dept of Anatomy, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Medical Sciences, Sattur, Dharwad- 580009, Karnataka, India.

Address: Dr. Chaithra Rao B R, Asst Prof, Dept of Anatomy, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, no.15, Chikkasandra, Hesarghatta Main Road, Bangalore- 560090, Karnataka, India. Ph no.: +919916667709, fax- 08028393404.
E-Mail: chaithra.rao5@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Variations of digastric muscle when present are extremely significant not only for anatomists but also for clinicians and surgeons because they can hinder the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders and also can cause a few rare diseases. The report aims at enlightening the implications of this variation from a diagnostic and functional perspective. We report a case of bilateral variation of the anterior belly of digastric muscle detected during the routine dissection of a 55 year old male cadaver. Two accessory bellies, medial to the two normal anterior ones of digastric muscle, ran backwards and laterally from the mandible and inserted into the greater horn and body of hyoid bone.
Key words: Digastric muscle, hyoid bone, mandible, anterior belly.

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Chaithra Rao B R, Sunkeswari Sreepadma, Veena Kulkarni, Subhash K Deshpande. ANATOMICAL VARIATION OF DIGASTRIC MUSCLE AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS. Int J Anat Res 2016;4(3):2882-2885. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2016.388