sternohyoid muscle

English

Alternative forms

• sternohyoid, sternohyoideus

Noun

sternohyoid muscle (plural sternohyoid muscles)

1. (anatomy) An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the midline that arises from the medial end of the clavicle and the first segment of the sternum, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to depress the hyoid bone and the larynx.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸舌骨肌 (xiōngshégǔ jī)

• Italian: muscolo sternoioideo m

References

• “sternohyoid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.