Definition of Omohyoid. Meaning of Omohyoid. Synonyms of Omohyoid

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Definition of Omohyoid

Omohyoid
Omohyoid O`mo*hy"oid, a. [Omo- + hyoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

Meaning of Omohyoid from wikipedia

- The omohyoid muscle is a muscle in the neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. Its inferior...
- attachment. Below the transverse ridge the mylohyoid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid are inserted. At the back, the smooth, concave, directed backward and downward...
- three of the four infrahyoid muscles: the sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid muscles (note that the thyrohyoid muscle is the one infrahyoid muscle not...
- infrahyoid muscles are the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles. Excluding the sternothyroid, the infrahyoid muscles either originate...
- the neck. It contains the stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, omohyoid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. These muscles are grouped...
- lymph node (tongue node) is related to the intermediate tendon of the omohyoid muscle. It is designated as one of the deep cervical lymph nodes. As it...
- border Teres Major origin lateral border Latissimus Dorsi (a few fibers, attachment may be absent) origin inferior angle Omohyoid origin superior border...
- the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, and the omohyoid; in the upper part of its course it is more superficial, being covered...
- (C5–T1). The cervical nerves innervate the sternohyoid, sternothyroid and omohyoid muscles. A loop of nerves called ansa cervicalis is part of the cervical...
- sca****e muscle (partly) Thyrohyoid musclethrough hypoglossal nerve Omohyoidthrough ansa cervicalis Sternohyoidthrough ansa cervicalis Sternothyroid...