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Definition

noun

The small, flat muscles inferior to the hyoid bone and run along the neck and onto the shoulder

Supplement

Iinfrahyoid muscles include:

• sternohyoid
• omohyoid
• sternothyroid
• thyrohyoid
• levator muscle of the thyroid gland

Also called:

• infrahyoids
• strap muscles

Compare:

• suprahyoid muscles

See also:

• hyoid bone