mylohyoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A flat triangular muscle located above the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, that runs from the mandible to the hyoid bone and is joined at a median raphe to its fellow of the opposite side, forming a large part of the muscular floor of the oral cavity.

Word forms

mylohyoid muscle mylohyoid muscles mylohyoid mylohyoideus
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