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thyrohyoid muscles

thyrohyoid muscles is the plural of thyrohyoid muscle.

Meaning of thyrohyoid muscle

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.

Questions about thyrohyoid muscles

What is thyrohyoid muscles the plural of?
Thyrohyoid muscles is the plural of thyrohyoid muscle.

Words near thyrohyoid muscles in the dictionary

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

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