Definition of Sternothyroid. Meaning of Sternothyroid. Synonyms of Sternothyroid

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Definition of Sternothyroid

Sternothyroid
Sternothyroid Ster`no*thy"roid, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

Meaning of Sternothyroid from wikipedia

- The sternothyroid muscle (or sternothyroideus) is an infrahyoid muscle of the neck. It acts to depress the hyoid bone. The two muscles are in contact...
- infrahyoid muscles are the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid and omohyoid muscles. Excluding the sternothyroid, the infrahyoid muscles either originate...
- ansa cervicalis innervate three of the four infrahyoid muscles: the sternothyroid, sternohyoid, and omohyoid muscles (note that the thyrohyoid muscle...
- separated from the manubrium of the sternum by the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles, the anterior portions of the left pleura and lung, the left...
- digastric, mylohyoid, geniohyoid, omohyoid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. These muscles are grouped as the suprahyoid and infrahyoid...
- geniohyoid and Stylohyoid. Infrahyoid muscles - Omohyoid, Sternohyoid, Sternothyroid, and Thyrohyoid. 2 Bellies of Digastric Anterior: Mylohyoid nerve Posterior:...
- of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the sternohyoid muscle, and the sternothyroid muscle, and another layer of the deep fascia. It is crossed by the internal...
- lies on the front and sides of the trachea, behind the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. The thymus consists of two lobes, merged in the middle, surrounded...
- fascia; it then arches downward beneath the omohyoid, sternohyoid, and sternothyroid muscles. To its medial side are the inferior pharyngeal constrictor...
- sits in front of the upper part of the trachea. The sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles stretch along its length. The thyroid gland also stretches across...