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Deep infrahyoid strap muscle. Runs from sternum to thyroid cartilage. Does not attach directly to the hyoid.
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Sternothyroid muscle: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
Image: OpenStax College · Source / original · CC BY 4.0Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.
Sternothyroid muscle
Understand what you see.
Deep infrahyoid strap muscle.
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How to recognise it.
- Deep infrahyoid strap muscle
- Runs from sternum to thyroid cartilage
- Does not attach directly to the hyoid
Point them out.
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Think first. Then reveal.
Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.
Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.
01Identify sternothyroid muscle and justify your identification.+
Deep infrahyoid strap muscle. Runs from sternum to thyroid cartilage. Does not attach directly to the hyoid.
02Where does it insert?+
On the oblique line of thyroid cartilage.
03What is its motor supply?+
Ansa cervicalis.
Read the references.
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