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Type

Muscle

Japanese

胸骨甲状筋

Reading

きょうこつこうじょうきん

English

Sternothyroid

Latin

Musculus sternothyroideus

Main functions

Swallowing / Phonation

Connections

Articles

• What is the sternothyroid? Origin, insertion, function and nerve of the infrahyoid muscle from the manubrium to the thyroid cartilage

Also mentioned in

• Sternohyoid: origin, insertion, action and ansa cervicalis
• Thyrohyoid muscle: origin, insertion, action and C1 supply
• What is the median cricothyroid ligament? Position and function of the ligament joining the cricoid and thyroid cartilages