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sternothyroid muscles

sternothyroid muscles is the plural of sternothyroid muscle.

Meaning of sternothyroid muscle

Noun

sternothyroid muscle (plural sternothyroid muscles)

  1. An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the body below the sternohyoid muscle that arises from the sternum and from the cartilage of the first and sometimes of the second ribs, inserts into the thyroid cartilage, and acts to draw the larynx downward by depressing the thyroid cartilage.

Questions about sternothyroid muscles

What is sternothyroid muscles the plural of?
Sternothyroid muscles is the plural of sternothyroid muscle.

Words near sternothyroid muscles in the dictionary

  1. sternorrhynchous
  2. sternoscapular
  3. sternothoracic
  4. sternothyroid
  5. sternothyroid muscle
  6. sternothyroid muscles
  7. sternothyroidei
  8. sternothyroideus
  9. sternothyroids
  10. sternotomies
  11. sternotomize

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