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Chpt 2: F&G
Pig Disection: Muscles
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Biology
12th Grade
01/16/2013

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Term
Sternohyoid
Definition
Superficial muscles covering underlying muscles and traches
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Omohyoid
Definition
 Very thin band-shaped muscle which extends between the hyoid bone at the base of the tongue and the fascia near the scapula.
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Throhyoid
Definition
Short, wide muscle extending from the insertions of the sternothyoid to the hyoid
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Sternothyoid
Definition
Muscle deep to the sternohyoid and thymus covering the thyroid gland and the trachea.
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Hypobranchial Group
Definition
Muscles that pull the hyoid bone caudally; an action that occurs in swallowing.
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Sternomastoid
Definition
Narrow muscle extending between the front of the sternmus and the mastoid process of the skull.
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