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sternohyoid muscles

sternohyoid muscles is the plural of sternohyoid muscle.

Meaning of sternohyoid muscle

Noun

sternohyoid muscle (plural sternohyoid muscles)

  1. 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 and the larynx.
    Synonyms:
    sternohyoideus

Questions about sternohyoid muscles

What is sternohyoid muscles the plural of?
Sternohyoid muscles is the plural of sternohyoid muscle.

Words near sternohyoid muscles in the dictionary

  1. sternocostapophyses
  2. sternocostapophysis
  3. sternocostoclavicular
  4. sternohyoid
  5. sternohyoid muscle
  6. sternohyoid muscles
  7. sternohyoidei
  8. sternohyoideus
  9. sternomastoid
  10. sternomastoidei
  11. sternomastoideus

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