Occipitohyoid muscle
Musculus occipitohyoideus
Draws the lower part of the hyoid, and with it the tongue root, backward.
About the occipitohyoid muscle of the horse
Occipitohyoid muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus occipitohyoideus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, 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
- The paracondylar (jugular) process of the occipital bone.
- Insertion
- The stylohyoid bone at its upper angle.
- Action
- Draws the lower part of the hyoid, and with it the tongue root, backward.
- Nerve
- Facial nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Occipitohyoid muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus occipitohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the occipitohyoid muscle
- What is the Latin name of the occipitohyoid muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the occipitohyoid muscle is called Musculus occipitohyoideus.
- Where is the occipitohyoid muscle of the horse?
- Occipitohyoid muscle is a muscle of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the occipitohyoid muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The paracondylar (jugular) process of the occipital bone. Insertion: The stylohyoid bone at its upper angle.
- What nerve supplies the occipitohyoid muscle?
- Facial nerve.
- What does the occipitohyoid muscle do?
- Draws the lower part of the hyoid, and with it the tongue root, backward.
See the occipitohyoid 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.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
