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Introduction of the suprahyoid muscles The suprahyoid muscles are the digastric, the stylohyoid, the mylohyoid, and the geniohyoid. They all are pharyngeal muscles, with the exception of the geniohyoid muscle.They are described below. The digastric muscle The digastric muscle lies below the body of the mandible, and extends, in a curved form, from the mastoid…