Infrahyoid muscles

The following four skeletal muscles are summarized as the Musculi infrahyoidei ( Latin for "lower hyoid muscles ") :

• Sternohyoideus muscle
• Omohyoideus muscle
• Sternothyroid muscle
• Thyrohyoid muscle

The function of the infrahyoid muscles is, among other things, to pull the hyoid bone down ( caudally ) and to pull the sternum and shoulder girdle upwards (auxiliary muscles when breathing and swallowing).

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• Herbert Lippert: Textbook anatomy. 6th edition. Urban & Fischer , 2003, ISBN 3-437-42361-4 .