hyoid muscle

hyoid muscles

One of a group of muscles used in mastication and swallowing. These muscles are attached to the hyoid bone, which is suspended in the neck and forms the base of the tongue and larynx. The muscles are divided into suprahyoid (superior) or infrahyoid (inferior) groups relative to the bone[WP, generalized].

Typ Bone
Übergeordnete Struktur chordate pharyngeal muscle
Lateinischer Name hyoid muscles

Unterstrukturen

abductor hyohyoid Organ adductor arcus palatini Organ adductor hyohyoid Organ adductor operculi Organ suprahyoid muscle Bone dorsal adductor hyomandibulae Muscle levator hyomandibulae muscle Muscle epihyoidean Organ hyohyoideus Muscle inferior hyohyoid Organ infrahyoid muscle Bone interhyoideus Organ jaw depressor muscle Muscle ventral interhyoideus Organ

Häufig gestellte Fragen

What is the hyoid muscle?
One of a group of muscles used in mastication and swallowing. These muscles are attached to the hyoid bone, which is suspended in the neck and forms the base of the tongue and larynx. The muscles are divided into suprahyoid (superior) or infrahyoid (inferior) groups relative to the bone[WP, generali
What is the Latin name for the hyoid muscle?
The Latin name for the hyoid muscle is hyoid muscles.

Verwandte Strukturen

mucus body coating mucous body coating mucus cocoon mucous cocoon Mullerian duct ductus paramesonephricus multi cell part structure cell part cluster multicellular anatomical structure multicellular structure multilaminar epithelium laminated epithelium multi-tissue structure multi-tissue structures multi-unit eye

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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.