Stylohyoid Muscle
Description
Name
- Stylohyoid Muscle
- Musculi colli stylohyoideus
General
- Small, thin muscle in the neck that helps with swallowing and speech
- Located in the anterior triangle of the neck
- Part of the Suprahyoid Muscle Group
Origin
- Styloid process of temporal bone
Insertion
- Body of hyoid bone
Function
- Elevates and draws hyoid bone posteriorly
Innervation
- Stylohyoid branch of facial nerve (CN VII)
Vascular Supply
- Branches of
- Facial artery
- Occipital artery
- Posterior auricular artery
Clinical Significance
- Needs to be updated
See Also
References
- ↑ Image courtesy of rehabmypatient.com
- ↑ Fung, Peter Chin Wan, and Regina Kit Chee Kong. "A novel apprehension of the primary lung meridian, sinew channel, divergent channel, luo-connecting channel acting as a single unit system to serve respiration function based on modern neurophysiology and kinesiology." Chinese Medicine 11.2 (2020): 31-95.