Sternohyoid
Musculus sternohyoideus
Draws the hyoid and the tongue caudally.
- 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
- Manubrium of the sternum.
- Insertion
- Body of the hyoid bone.
- Action
- Draws the hyoid and the tongue caudally.
- Nerve
- Ventral branches of the first and second cervical nerves.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Sternohyoid
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sternohyoideus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria