Thyrohyoid muscle
| Thyrohyoid muscle | ||
|---|---|---|
| Muscles of the neck. Lateral view. (Thyrohyoideus labeled center-left.) | ||
| Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. (Thyrohyoideus visible center-left.) | ||
| Latin | musculus thyrohyoideus | |
| Gray's | subject #112 394 | |
| Origin: | thyroid cartilage | |
| Insertion: | hyoid bone | |
| Artery: | ||
| Nerve: | first cervical nerve | |
| Action: | ||
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12551152 | |
The Thyrohyoid muscle is a small, quadrilateral muscle appearing like an upward continuation of the Sternothyreoideus. It belongs to the infrahyoid muscles group.
It arises from the oblique line on the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and is inserted into the lower border of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone.
Additional images
Hyoid bone. Anterior surface. Enlarged.
The veins of the thyroid gland.
Hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, and their branches.
The right brachial plexus with its short branches, viewed from in front.
Side view of the larynx, showing muscular attachments.
See also
External links
- LUC thyh
- SUNY Labs 25:03-0106
- SUNY Labs 25:10-0105
- Thyrohyoid+muscle at eMedicine Dictionary
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1
- PTCentral
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
List of muscles of head and neck: the neck | |
|---|---|
| Cervical | CN VII (superficial): platysma CN XI (deep): sternocleidomastoid |
| Suprahyoid | CN V3 (medial): mylohyoid - anterior belly of digastric
CN VII (lateral): stylohyoid - posterior belly of digastric C1 (deep): geniohyoid |
| Infrahyoid/strap | C1: thyrohyoid C1-C3: sternohyoid - sternothyroid - omohyoid |
| Vertebral | C1-C6 (anterior): rectus capitis (anterior, lateralis) - longus (capitis, colli) C3-C8 (lateral): scalene (anterior, medius, posterior) |
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