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omohyoid muscle

omohyoid muscle noun: a long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.

Noun

omohyoid muscle (plural omohyoid muscles)

  1. A long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.

Forms of omohyoid muscle

pluralomohyoid muscles
alternative formomohyoid
alternative formomohyoideus

Questions about omohyoid muscle

What does omohyoid muscle mean?
Omohyoid muscle means a long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.
What part of speech is omohyoid muscle?
Omohyoid muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of omohyoid muscle?
The plural of omohyoid muscle is omohyoid muscles.

Words near omohyoid muscle in the dictionary

  1. omodynia
  2. omodysplasia
  3. Omohundro
  4. Omohundros
  5. omohyoid
  6. omohyoid muscle
  7. omohyoid muscles
  8. omohyoidean
  9. omohyoidei
  10. omohyoideus
  11. omohyoids

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