All are elevators of mandible except
Digastric muscle has two bellies united by an intermediate tendon ORIGIN- a.Anterior belly from digastric fossa of mandible b.Posterior belly from mastoid notch of temporal bone INSEION-Both heads meet at the intermediate tendon which perforates SH and is held by a fibrous pulley to the hyoid bone NERVE SUPPLY- a.Anterior belly by nerve to mylohyoid b.Facial nerve ACTIONS- a. Depress mandible when mouth is opened widely or against resistance; it is secondary to lateral pterygoid b.Elevates hyoid bone Ref BDC volume 3,sixth edition pg 132
Temporalis
Medial pterygoid
Masseter
Digastric
Head and neck