Sternohyoideus
Musculus sternohyoideus
Draws the hyoid caudad. Raises the ribs and sternum when the hyoid is fixed.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Neck
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
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
- from the cranial border of the first costal cartilage. The muscle passes craniad closely united near its caudal end to the sternothyroid.
- Insertion
- into the outer half of the ventral surface of the body of the hyoid bone …
- Action
- Draws the hyoid caudad. Raises the ribs and sternum when the hyoid is fixed.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the first and second cervical nerves.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Sternohyoideus
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sternohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria