sternohyoid muscle
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Sternohyoid muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Sternohyoid muscle Latin = musculus sternohyoideus GraySubject = 112 GrayPage = 393 Caption = Muscles of neck. Sternohyoideus labeled at middle, just to the right of thyroid cartilage. Caption2 = Muscles of the neck. Lateral … Wikipedia
sternohyoid — I. “+ adjective Etymology: New Latin sternohyoides, from stern + hyoides hyoid : of or relating to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage; specifically : constituting a muscle on each side of the midline extending from the medial end of the… … Useful english dictionary
sternohyoid bursa — either of two bursae located where the sternohyoid muscle attaches to the hyoid bone; see b. infrahyoidea and b. retrohyoidea … Medical dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
sternohyoid — ster·no·hy·oid .stər nō hī .ȯid n 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… … Medical dictionary
sternohyoid — n. a muscle in the neck, arising from the sternum and inserted into the hyoid bone. It depresses the hyoid bone … The new mediacal dictionary
cleidohyoid muscle — a slip of muscle sometimes seen augmenting the sternohyoid muscle, extending from the hyoid bone to the clavicle … Medical dictionary
Omohyoid muscle — Side of neck, showing chief surface markings. (Omohyoid visible at center.) … Wikipedia
