Sternohyoid muscle
Musculus sternohyoideus
Retracts the hyoid apparatus and with it the root of the tongue.
About the sternohyoid muscle of the dog
Sternohyoid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus sternohyoideus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Manubrium of the sternum and the first costal cartilage.
- Insertion
- Basihyoid bone.
- Action
- Retracts the hyoid apparatus and with it the root of the tongue.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the cranial cervical nerves, through the ansa cervicalis.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
What it works on
Bones it takes hold of
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Sternothyroid muscle
- Sternocephalic muscle
- Thyrohyoideus
Terminology
- English
- Sternohyoid muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sternohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
References
Where to read this structure in full, and where the named parts above were read.
- NAV 2017Myologia
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the head and neck (hyoid muscles)
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe head and ventral neck of the dog and cat
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 496
The sternohyoid muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the sternohyoid muscle
- What is the Latin name of the sternohyoid muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the sternohyoid muscle is called Musculus sternohyoideus.
- Where is the sternohyoid muscle of the dog?
- Sternohyoid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Which bones does the sternohyoid muscle attach to?
- Sternohyoid muscle takes hold of Manubrium, Rib 1 and Basihyoid.
- Where does the sternohyoid muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Manubrium of the sternum and the first costal cartilage. Insertion: Basihyoid bone.
- What nerve supplies the sternohyoid muscle?
- Ventral branches of the cranial cervical nerves, through the ansa cervicalis.
- What does the sternohyoid muscle do?
- Retracts the hyoid apparatus and with it the root of the tongue.
See the sternohyoid muscle inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
