sternohyoid

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Introduction

Infrahyoid strap muscle of the anterior neck.

Origin

Insertion

body of hyoid bone

Action

depresses hyoid bone

Innervation

upper cervical spinal nerves (ansa cervicalis)

More general terms

References

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