omohyoid


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omohyoid

[¦ō·mō′hī‚ȯid]
(anatomy)
Pertaining conjointly to the scapula and the hyoid bone.
A muscle attached to the scapula and the hyoid bone.
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Humans also have an omohyoid muscle, but little was understood about what it did.
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In normal condition [Figure 1]a, omohyoid muscle (OH) consists of superior and inferior bellies united at an angle by an intermediate tendon (IT) and it passes behind the sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle.
Laparoscopic Omohyoid Muscle Transection Surgery: A Novel Procedure Against Omohyoid Muscle Syndrome
Further detail is provided in Gray's Anatomy (Standring 2005), which states that the clavicle, subclavius, SCM and omohyoid, lateral part of the carotid sheath, phrenic nerve, transverse cervical, suprascapular and ascending cervical arteries, subclavian vein, prevertebral fascia, and phrenic nerve are all anterior to scalenus anterior.
The posterior triangle of the neck: where is scalenus anterior?
According to their location, origin and insertion they are either classified as subclavius posticus muscles or a duplication of inferior belly of omohyoid.
Subclavius posticus muscle--a case report/Musculo subclavio posticus--reporte de un caso
The sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles can also be dissected; the length of the dissection depends on the distance from the hyoid bone to the area to be reconstructed.
Laryngotracheal reconstruction with a muscle-pedicle hyoid bone flap: a series of 23 patients
There were two soft swelling in right side of neck one in jugulodiagastric area which was 3x2 cm in size another in omohyoid area of 4x2 cm in size.
Cavernous haemangioma of parapharyngeal space: a case report
The carotid triangle is delimited by the posterior belly of the digastric muscle and the superior belly of the omohyoid muscle, and by the anterior margin of the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
Anatomical study of the digastric muscle: variations in the anterior belly/Estudio anatomico del musculo digastrico: variacion en el vientre anterior
Upon exploration, it was noted that the mass was deep to the sternocleidomastoid and omohyoid muscles.
Metastatic seminoma with cervical lymphadenopathy as the initial manifestation
CCA Common Carotid Artery ECA External Carotid Artery ICA Internal Carotid Artery STA Superior Thyroid Artery SCM Sternocleidomastoid Muscle SH Sternohyoid OH Omohyoid SMG Submandibular Gland CCA Common Carotid Artery ECA External Carotid Artery ICA Internal Carotid Artery STA Superior Thyroid Artery SLA Superior Laryngeal Artery SCM Sternocleidomastoid Muscle TG Thyroid Gland SMG Submandibular Gland
Variation in the origin of superior thyroid artery
The latter is followed to its extremity in the anterior belly of the omohyoid or other strap muscle.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Current concepts and treatment: Part III--Surgical options
This venous channel arises from the external jugular vein, traverses parallel to the inferior belly of omohyoid and emptied into the internal jugular vein at the level of the middle of the sternocleidomastoid.
External jugular vein communicating with internal jugular vein--a case report
unusual insertion of the stylohyoid & digastric muscles, an unusual occurrence of levator submandibuli muscle (Banjo muscle), duplicated or other anomalies of omohyoid, anomalous belly of sternothyroid muscle or appearance of levator claviculae muscle (1-6).
An aberrant muscle in the neck--a case report
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