sternothyroid

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Introduction

Infrahyoid strap muscle of the anterior neck.

Origin

Insertion

oblique line of thyroid cartilage

Action

depresses larynx

Innervation

upper cervical spinal nerves (ansa cervicalis)

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999