Definition of "omohyoid" [o•mo•hy•oid]

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

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• "The sternohyoid and omohyoid muscles were divided; the internal jugular vein was cut through, and its cut ends were collapsed and 3/4 inch apart; the common carotid artery was cut into, but not divided; the thyroid cartilage was notched, and the external and anterior jugular veins were severed."
• "The easiest position in which to apply the ligature is just above the omohyoid muscle, the vessel being there superficial."
• "The lower edge of the posterior belly of the omohyoid must then be sought; this leads at once to the posterior or outer margin of the scalenus anticus."