Definition of Omohyoid. Meaning of Omohyoid. Synonyms of Omohyoid

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Definition of Omohyoid

Omohyoid
Omohyoid O`mo*hy"oid, a. [Omo- + hyoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

Meaning of Omohyoid from wikipedia

- The omohyoid muscle is a muscle in the neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. Its inferior...
- attachment. Below the transverse ridge the mylohyoid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid are inserted. At the back, the smooth, concave, directed backward and downward...
- three of the four infrahyoid muscles: the sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid muscles (note that the thyrohyoid muscle is the one infrahyoid muscle not...
- the neck. It contains the stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, omohyoid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. These muscles are grouped...
- infrahyoid muscles are the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles. Excluding the sternothyroid, the infrahyoid muscles either originate...
- lymph node (tongue node) is related to the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle. It is designated as one of the deep cervical lymph nodes. As it...
- crossed, about 2.5 cm above the clavicle, by the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle, which divides the space into two triangles: an upper or occipital...
- suprasca****r artery. It p****es transversely below the inferior belly of the omohyoid muscle to the anterior margin of the trapezius, beneath which it divides...
- lateral cervical lymph nodes Inferior deep cervical lymph nodes Jugulo-omohyoid lymph node Jugulodigastric lymph node Supraclavicular lymph nodes Virchow's...
- margin of the sternocleidomastoid; above, by the superior belly of the omohyoid. It is covered by the integument, superficial fascia, platysma, and deep...