Muscles / Head & neck
Omohyoid
- Head & neck
- Neck
- Intermediate layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Inferior belly: superior border of the scapula near the suprascapular notch
- Insertion
- Superior belly: inferior border of the body of the hyoid
- Nerve
- Ansa cervicalis (C1-C3)
Actions
- Depresses, retracts and steadies the hyoid
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e