What r the muscles under the jaw bone?!


Question: never really pay attention to my muscles..but what r the muscles under the jaw bone? u know right there on both sides. Start from the back of the jaw bone, and work your fingers in a little bit..it meets to the top of the throat and kind of stop b4 it gets to the tip of your chin. What r those two muscles called. U can see them real good when u put your head back, and feel them 2..my boyfriend said everyone has them and I shouldn't be massaging them or they'll get soar, which they r now..lol! but what r they?


Answers: never really pay attention to my muscles..but what r the muscles under the jaw bone? u know right there on both sides. Start from the back of the jaw bone, and work your fingers in a little bit..it meets to the top of the throat and kind of stop b4 it gets to the tip of your chin. What r those two muscles called. U can see them real good when u put your head back, and feel them 2..my boyfriend said everyone has them and I shouldn't be massaging them or they'll get soar, which they r now..lol! but what r they?

They are your Digastric muscles (anterior belly).





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