Definition of Omohyoid

1. a. Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.

Definition of Omohyoid

1. Noun. (anatomy) A muscle found in the neck, inferior to the hyoid bone (infrahyoid muscle). It is innervated by the C1 spinal nerve. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omohyoid

1. a shoulder-blade muscle [n -S]

Medical Definition of Omohyoid

1. Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle. Origin: Omo- + hyoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omohyoid

omnivagant
omniverse
omnivicarious
omnivora
omnivore
omnivores
omnivorous
omnivorously
omnivorousness
omnivory
omnivourous
omo-
omoclavicular
omoclavicular triangle
omoconazole
omohyoid (current term)
omohyoid muscle
omohyoids
omomyid
omomyids
omophagia
omophagias
omophagic
omophagies
omophagy
omophoria
omophorion
omophorions
omoplate
omoplates

Literary usage of Omohyoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1881)
"The Morphology of the omohyoid Muscle. By RJ ANDERSON, MA, MD, MRCSEng.; Demonstrator of Anatomy, Queen's College, Belfast. THE omohyoid muscle occupies a ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"By its superficial surface, with the Sternohyoid, omohyoid, ... Sternum. FIG. 301.—Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. The omohyoid (m. ..."

3. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"(Holden.) Subclavian artery. 2. Su hela vían vein. 3, 3. Common carotid artery- 4. Internal jugular vein. 5. Anterior jugular vein. 6. omohyoid muscle. 7. ..."

4. Modern Surgery, General and Operative by John Chalmers Da Costa (1910)
"The posterior belly of the omohyoid muscle subdivides it into two smaller ... Above the omohyoid muscle the vessel is more superficial, being covered by the ..."

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