Mnemonic

Digastric Muscle Bellies and Nerve Supply

Mnemonic for the two bellies of digastric and their different nerve supplies.

Expansion

Two bellies, one tendon sling, anterior chews forward, posterior pulls back

Expansion

  • Anterior belly - supplied by CN V3, pulls the hyoid forward
  • Posterior belly - supplied by CN VII, pulls the hyoid backward
  • Intermediate tendon - looped through a fibrous sling at the hyoid