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sternohyoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ster-nohy-oid -mus-cle
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the midline that arises from the medial end of the clavicle and the first segment of the sternum, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to depress the hyoid bone and the larynx.

Inflected Forms

sternohyoid muscles (plural) sternohyoid (alternative)

Synonyms

sternohyoideus

Questions

What does sternohyoid muscle mean?
An infrahyoid muscle on each side of the midline that arises from the medial end of the clavicle and the first segment of the sternum, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to depress the hyoid bone and the larynx.

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