omohyoid muscle

noun

A long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.

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Meanings

nounomohyoid muscle (plural omohyoid muscles)

plural omohyoid muscles · alternative omohyoid · alternative omohyoideus

  1. anatomyA long slender digastric muscle which arises from the upper border of the shoulder blade and passes obliquely along the side and front of the neck to the lower border of the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to draw the hyoid bone in a caudal direction.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
omohyoideus

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 肩胛舌骨肌
  • 肩胛舌骨肌 (jiānjiǎshégǔ jī)muscle
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