Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Situated below the hyoid bone: specifically applied in human anatomy to a region of the front of the neck, and to a group of muscles in this region, as the sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and omohyoid, collectively known as depressors of the os hyoides: opposed to suprahyoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Same as
hyosternal (a).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Below the
hyoid bone in theneck ; applied to a group of four pairs ofmuscles in theanterior part of the neck.
Etymologies
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infra- + hyoid
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Anyway, we here have a challenge for you today! can you name all the infrahyoid muscles systematically and do it 3 times in 5 seconds?
j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2008
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The Hyoid Branch (ramus hyoideus; infrahyoid branch) is small and runs along the lower border of the hyoid bone beneath the Thyreohyoideus and anastomoses with the vessel of the opposite side.
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