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stylohyoid muscle

stylohyoid muscle noun: a slender muscle that arises from the posterior surface of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to elevate and retract the hyoid bone resulting in elongation of the floor of the mouth.

Noun

stylohyoid muscle (plural stylohyoid muscles)

  1. A slender muscle that arises from the posterior surface of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to elevate and retract the hyoid bone resulting in elongation of the floor of the mouth.

Forms of stylohyoid muscle

pluralstylohyoid muscles
alternative formstylohyoid
alternative formstylohyoideus

Questions about stylohyoid muscle

What does stylohyoid muscle mean?
Stylohyoid muscle means a slender muscle that arises from the posterior surface of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to elevate and retract the hyoid bone resulting in elongation of the floor of the mouth.
What part of speech is stylohyoid muscle?
Stylohyoid muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of stylohyoid muscle?
The plural of stylohyoid muscle is stylohyoid muscles.

Words near stylohyoid muscle in the dictionary

  1. stylohyal
  2. stylohyals
  3. stylohyoid
  4. stylohyoid ligament
  5. stylohyoid ligaments
  6. stylohyoid muscle
  7. stylohyoid muscles
  8. stylohyoid syndrome
  9. stylohyoidei
  10. stylohyoideus
  11. stylohyoids

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