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sternohyoid

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sternohyoid /ster·no·hy·oid/ (-hi´oid) pertaining to the sternum and hyoid bone.
ster·no·hy·oid (stûrn-hoid)
n.
A muscle with origin from the episternum and the first costal cartilage, with insertion into the hyoid bone, with nerve supply from the upper cervical nerve through the cervical ansa, and whose action depresses the hyoid bone.
sternohyoid [ster″no-hi´oid]
pertaining to the sternum and hyoid bone.
sternohyoid
pertaining to the sternum and hyoid bone.
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The sternohyoid muscles were apposed over the ventral aspect of the trachea using 4-0 polydioxanone suture in a simple continuous pattern.
Tracheal resection and anastomosis in a Mallard Duck (Anas ... by Guzman, David Sanchez-Migallon; Mitchell, Mark; Hedlund, Cheryl S.; Walden, Michael; Tully, Thomas N / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
The sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles can also be dissected; the length of the dissection depends on the distance from the hyoid bone to the area to be reconstructed.
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The medial edges of the sternohyoid muscles were sutured to the fascia of the dorsolateral-lateral aspect of the trachea to decrease the tension on the skin to mucosa anastomosis and thereby decrease the tendency for dehiscence.
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