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thyrohyoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thy-ro-hy-oid -mus-cle
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.

Inflected Forms

thyrohyoid muscles (plural) thyrohyoid (alternative) thyrohyoideus (alternative)

Questions

What does thyrohyoid muscle mean?
A small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage.

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