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omohyoid muscles

omohyoid muscles is the plural of omohyoid muscle.

Meaning of omohyoid muscle

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.

Questions about omohyoid muscles

What is omohyoid muscles the plural of?
Omohyoid muscles is the plural of omohyoid muscle.

Words near omohyoid muscles in the dictionary

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

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