Landmark · Skeletal system
Oblique line of thyroid cartilage
Linea obliqua cartilaginis thyreoideae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Landmark on
- Thyroid cartilage
DescriptionUnreviewed
The oblique line is a line on the thyroid cartilage.
It marks the upper lateral borders of the thyroid gland.
Two muscles originate along the line, the thyrohyoid muscle and inferior pharyngeal constrictor.
The sternothyroid inserts along the line.
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Names
- Latin
- Linea obliqua cartilaginis thyreoideae
- English
- Oblique line of thyroid cartilage
- French
- Ligne oblique du cartilage thyroïdien
- Spanish
- Línea oblicua del cartílago tiroides
- Portuguese
- Linha oblíqua da cartilagem tireóide