Omohyoid muscle
Musculus omohyoideus
Draws the hyoid and the tongue back, as in swallowing.
About the omohyoid muscle of the horse
Omohyoid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus omohyoideus. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck 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
- Fascia over the subscapularis near the shoulder joint.
- Insertion
- Body of the hyoid bone (basihyoid).
- Action
- Draws the hyoid and the tongue back, as in swallowing.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the first cervical nerves.
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
- Omohyoid muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus omohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the omohyoid muscle
- What is the Latin name of the omohyoid muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the omohyoid muscle is called Musculus omohyoideus.
- Where is the omohyoid muscle of the horse?
- Omohyoid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the omohyoid muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: Fascia over the subscapularis near the shoulder joint. Insertion: Body of the hyoid bone (basihyoid).
- What nerve supplies the omohyoid muscle?
- Ventral branches of the first cervical nerves.
- What does the omohyoid muscle do?
- Draws the hyoid and the tongue back, as in swallowing.
See the omohyoid 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.
