English Explanatory Dictionary

omohyoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.

Word forms

omohyoid muscle omohyoid muscles omohyoid omohyoideus
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