sternohyoid muscle

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ster·no·hy·oid mus·cle

(stĕr'nō-hī'oyd mŭs'ĕl)

Origin, posterior surface of manubrium sterni and first costal cartilage; insertion, body of hyoid bone; action, depresses hyoid bone; nerve supply, upper cervical through spinal nerves (ansa cervicalis).
Synonym(s): musculus sternohyoideus [TA] .

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The sternohyoid muscle was then used to fashion a transposition myovascular flap to cover the defect.

Repair of a posterior perforation of the trachea following thyroidectomy with a muscle transposition flap

Several techniques have been proposed to preserve the best phonatory function after cordectomy, using either the sternohyoid muscle or the ventricular band to construct a neocord perioperatively.

Type III thyroplasty for the treatment of glottic gap in a patient undergoing laryngofissure cordectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the vocal fold: Technique and outcome

Composite hyoid sternohyoid muscle grafts in humans.

Laryngotracheal reconstruction with a muscle-pedicle hyoid bone flap: a series of 23 patients