# Following is the action of digastric muscle:
A. Elevates the mandible and depresses the hyoid bone
B. Elevates the hyoid bone and depresses the mandible
C. Depresses the mandible as well as hyoid bone
D. Elevates the mandible as well as hyoid bone
The correct answer is B. Elevates the hyoid bone and depresses the mandible.
Digastric muscle depresses the mandible when the mouth is opened widely or against resistance and elevates the hyoid bone.
