omohyoid /omo·hy·oid/ (-hi´oid) pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
omohyoid,
omohyoid [o″mo-hi´oid]
o·mo·hy·oid (  m-h  oid)n. A muscle having two bellies attached to an intermediate tendon, with origin by the inferior belly from the upper border of the scapula, with insertion by the superior belly into the hyoid bone, with nerve supply from the upper cervical nerve through the cervical ansa, and whose action depresses the hyoid bone. |
omohyoid,
a muscle that depresses and fixes the hyoid bone.
omohyoid [o″mo-hi´oid]
pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
omohyoid
pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
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