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thyrohyoid muscle

thyrohyoid muscle noun: a small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.

Noun

thyrohyoid muscle (plural thyrohyoid muscles)

  1. A small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.

Forms of thyrohyoid muscle

pluralthyrohyoid muscles
alternative formthyrohyoid
alternative formthyrohyoideus

Questions about thyrohyoid muscle

What does thyrohyoid muscle mean?
Thyrohyoid muscle means a small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.
What part of speech is thyrohyoid muscle?
Thyrohyoid muscle is a noun.
What is the plural of thyrohyoid muscle?
The plural of thyrohyoid muscle is thyrohyoid muscles.

Words near thyrohyoid muscle in the dictionary

  1. thyrohyal
  2. thyrohyals
  3. thyrohyoid
  4. thyrohyoid membrane
  5. thyrohyoid membranes
  6. thyrohyoid muscle
  7. thyrohyoid muscles
  8. thyrohyoidei
  9. thyrohyoideus
  10. thyrohyoids
  11. thyroid

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