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Sternothyroid muscle
Sternothyroid visible center left
Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Sternothyroideus labeled at right, third from top.)
Details
OriginManubrium
InsertionThyroid cartilage
ArterySuperior thyroid artery
NerveAnsa cervicalis
ActionsDepresses thyroid cartilage
Identifiers
Latinmusculus sternothyroideus
TA98A04.2.04.006
TA22173
FMA13343
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The sternothyroid muscle (or sternothyroideus) is an infrahyoid muscle of the neck.[1] It acts to depress the hyoid bone.

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