Sternohyoid muscle

Muscles · Latin: Musculus sternohyoideus

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The sternohyoid muscle is a thin, narrow muscle attaching the hyoid bone to the sternum.

It is one of the paired strap muscles of the infrahyoid muscles.

It is supplied by the ansa cervicalis.

It depresses the hyoid bone.

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