Sternohyoid muscle
Musculus sternohyoideus
Draws the hyoid and the tongue back.
About the sternohyoid muscle of the horse
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 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 manubrium of the sternum.
- Insertion
- Body of the hyoid bone (basihyoid).
- Action
- Draws the hyoid and the tongue back.
- 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
- Sternohyoid muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sternohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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 horse?
- Sternohyoid muscle is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
- Where does the sternohyoid muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The manubrium of the sternum. Insertion: Body of the hyoid bone (basihyoid).
- What nerve supplies the sternohyoid muscle?
- Ventral branches of the first cervical nerves.
- What does the sternohyoid muscle do?
- Draws the hyoid and the tongue back.
See the sternohyoid 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.
