Thyrohyoid muscle
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| Thyrohyoid muscle | ||
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| Muscles of the neck. Lateral view. (Thyrohyoideus visible center-left.) | ||
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| Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. (Thyrohyoideus visible center-left.) | ||
| Latin | musculus thyrohyoideus | |
| Gray's | subject #112 394 | |
| Origin: | thyroid cartilage | |
| Insertion: | hyoid bone | |
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| Nerve: | first cervical nerve | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12551152 | |
The Thyrohyoid muscle is a small, quadrilateral muscle appearing like an upward continuation of the Sternothyreoideus.
It arises from the oblique line on the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and is inserted into the lower border of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.
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 The veins of the thyroid gland. |
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| Muscles of the Head — Neck — Trunk — Upper limb — Lower limb— LIST OF ALL MUSCLES |
| SUPERFICIAL CERVICAL: platysma | (Gray's s110)
LATERAL CERVICAL: sternocleidomastoid | (Gray's s111) SUPRAHYOID: digastric | stylohyoid | mylohyoid | geniohyoid - INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid | sternothyroid | thyrohyoid | omohyoid | (Gray's s112) VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli | longus capitis | rectus capitis anterior | rectus capitis lateralis (Gray's s113) LATERAL: scalenus anterior | scalenus medius | scalenus posterior | (Gray's s114) |
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