Sternothyroid muscle
| Sternothyroid muscle | |
|---|---|
Sternothyroid visible center left | |
Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra. Showing the arrangement of the fascia coli. (Sternothyroideus labeled at right, third from top.) | |
| Details | |
| Origin | Manubrium |
| Insertion | Thyroid cartilage |
| Artery | Superior thyroid artery |
| Nerve | Ansa cervicalis |
| Actions | Depresses thyroid cartilage |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | musculus sternothyroideus |
| TA98 | A04.2.04.006 |
| TA2 | 2173 |
| FMA | 13343 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The sternothyroid muscle (or sternothyroideus) is an infrahyoid muscle of the neck. It acts to depress the hyoid bone.