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stylohyoid muscles

stylohyoid muscles is the plural of stylohyoid muscle.

Meaning of stylohyoid muscle

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.

Questions about stylohyoid muscles

What is stylohyoid muscles the plural of?
Stylohyoid muscles is the plural of stylohyoid muscle.

Words near stylohyoid muscles in the dictionary

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

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