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stylohyoid muscle
Origin: styloid process of temporal bone
Insertion:
-> hyoid bone by two slips on either side of the intermediate tendon of the digastric muscle
Action: elevates hyoid bone
Innervation: facial nerve (CN VII)
Related
hyoid bone
stylohyoid ligament
styloid process of temporal bone
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Component-of
neck
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