Stylohyoid muscle

System Muscular
SNOMED CT 244826001

Stylohyoid muscle

Definition

The stylohyoid is a pharyngeal arch II muscle that participates in oral/pharygeal behaviors and is innervated by the stylohoid branch of the facial nerve and attaches to the stylohyal and the non-stylohyal part of the hyoid apparatus.

The Stylohyoid muscle is a part of the Muscular.

Also identified as