Mylohyoid muscle

Musculus mylohyoideus

  • Muscle
  • Head
  • Single, on the midline
  • Horse

About the mylohyoid muscle of the horse

Mylohyoid muscle is a muscle of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus mylohyoideus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Terminology

English
Mylohyoid muscle
Latin (NAV)
Musculus mylohyoideus
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

The mylohyoid muscle in other animals

The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.

Questions about the mylohyoid muscle

What is the Latin name of the mylohyoid muscle?
In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the mylohyoid muscle is called Musculus mylohyoideus.
Where is the mylohyoid muscle of the horse?
Mylohyoid muscle is a muscle of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.

See the mylohyoid muscle inside the whole horse.

Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse 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.

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