Muscular system
Stylohyoid muscle
Musculus stylohyoideus
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Suprahyoid muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The stylohyoid muscle is a slender muscle, lying anterior and superior of the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.
It is one of the suprahyoid muscles.
It shares this muscle's innervation by the facial nerve, and functions to draw the hyoid bone backwards and elevate the tongue.
Its origin is the styloid process of the temporal bone.
It inserts on the body of the hyoid.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculus stylohyoideus
- English
- Stylohyoid muscle
- French
- Muscle stylohyoïdien
- Spanish
- Músculo estilohioideo
- Portuguese
- Músculo estilohióideo