English Explanatory Dictionary

sternohyoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the midline that arises from the medial end of the clavicle and the first segment of the sternum, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to depress the hyoid bone and the larynx.

Word forms

sternohyoid muscle sternohyoid muscles sternohyoid

Synonyms

sternohyoideus
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