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thyrohyoid
Continuation of the sternothyroid
Origin: oblique line of thyroid cartilage
Insertion: body of hyoid bone
Action: approximates hyoid bone to the larynx
Innervation:
-> upper cervical spinal nerves carried by hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
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