sternothyroid muscle

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsternothyroid muscle (plural sternothyroid muscles)

plural sternothyroid muscles · alternative sternothyroid · alternative sternothyroideus

  1. anatomyAn 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

Chinese Mandarin 胸骨甲狀肌 /胸骨甲状肌
  • 胸骨甲狀肌 /胸骨甲状肌 (xiōnggǔjiǎzhuàng jī)muscle
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