Definition of Sternohyoid. Meaning of Sternohyoid. Synonyms of Sternohyoid

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Definition of Sternohyoid

Sternohyoid
Sternohyoid Ster`no*hy"oid, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.

Meaning of Sternohyoid from wikipedia

- The sternohyoid muscle is a bilaterally paired, long, thin, narrow strap muscle of the anterior neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It is innervated...
- structures: In front, it is separated from the manubrium of the sternum by the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, the anterior portions of the left pleura and...
- cervicalis innervate three of the four infrahyoid muscles: the sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid muscles (note that the thyrohyoid muscle is the one infrahyoid...
- the geniohyoid attachment. Below the transverse ridge the mylohyoid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid are inserted. At the back, the smooth, concave, directed...
- between the hyoid and cricoid cartilage. They are bounded medially by the sternohyoid muscle and are deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. They are also...
- anterior (frontal) part of the neck. The four infrahyoid muscles are the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles. Excluding the sternothyroid...
- mylohyoid, geniohyoid and stylohyoid. Infrahyoid muscles - Omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid, and thyrohyoid. 2 Bellies of digastric Anterior: Mylohyoid...
- body of hyoid bone (its site of insertion is lateral to that of the sternohyoid muscle). The intermediate tendon is variable in length and form, and...
- anterior jugular veins, sits in front of the upper part of the trachea. The sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles stretch along its length. The thyroid gland...
- fascia, the clavicular origin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the sternohyoid muscle, and the sternothyroid muscle, and another layer of the deep fascia...