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thyrohyoid muscle

n :  a small quadrilateral muscle that arises from the thyroid cartilage, inserts into the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone, and functions to depress the hyoid bone and to elevate the thyroid cartilage - called also thyrohyoid  .
 
 

 
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