Tags: Anatomical Structure, Muscle.
The omohyoid muscle is a muscle that depresses the hyoid. It is located at the front of the neck and consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. Its superior belly serves as the most lateral member of the infrahyoid muscles located lateral to both the sternothyroid and thyrohyoid muscles. Its name derives from the Greek omos meaning shoulder giving one of its attachments and hyoid giving the other attachment – the hyoid bone.
