Suprahyoid muscles
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| Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. Hyoid bone is white horizontal line near top. Infrahyoid muscles are below hyoid, while Suprahyoid muscles are above. |
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| Latin | musculi suprahyoidei | |
| Gray's | subject #112 391 | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12551034 | |
The term suprahyoid refers to the region above (superior to) the hyoid bone in the neck. The suprahyoid muscles include digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid and mylohyoid.
CERVICAL: platysma - sternocleidomastoid
SUPRAHYOID: digastric - stylohyoid - mylohyoid - geniohyoid
INFRAHYOID/STRAP: sternohyoid - sternothyroid - thyrohyoid - omohyoid
VERTEBRAL — ANTERIOR: longus colli - longus capitis - rectus capitis anterior - rectus capitis lateralis
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