sternothyroid muscle

English

Alternative forms

• sternothyroid, sternothyroideus

Noun

sternothyroid muscle (plural sternothyroid muscles)

1. (anatomy) An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the body below the sternohyoid muscle that arises from the sternum and from the cartilage of the first and sometimes of the second ribs, inserts into the thyroid cartilage, and acts to draw the larynx downward by depressing the thyroid cartilage.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸骨甲狀肌／胸骨甲状肌 (xiōnggǔjiǎzhuàng jī)

References

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