Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the shoulder-blade or scapula and to the lingual or hyoid bone; omohyoidean.
- noun The omohyoid muscle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A muscle found in the neck, inferior to the
hyoid bone (infrahyoid muscle). It isinnervated by the C1 spinal nerve.
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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The easiest position in which to apply the ligature is just above the omohyoid muscle, the vessel being there superficial.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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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.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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The edge of the sterno-mastoid when exposed must be drawn outwards; the sterno-hyoid and thyroid inwards; the omohyoid upwards; the sheath opened, and the descendens noni or its branches drawn to the tracheal side.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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The tendon of the omohyoid muscle, or, in muscular subjects, a portion of its anterior fleshy belly, may be seen crossing the vessel from above downwards and outwards at the lower angle of the wound.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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Slide 288: 278 Thyroid Gland Right lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 241 common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Left lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 242 omohyoid muscle, common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Block, Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy © 2004 Thieme All rights reserved.
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Slide 288: 278 Thyroid Gland Right lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 241 common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Left lobe of thyroid gland, sternocleidomastoid muscle, 242 omohyoid muscle, common carotid artery, internal jugular vein Block, Color Atlas of Ultrasound Anatomy © 2004 Thieme All rights reserved.
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An incision similar to that required for ligature of the carotid above the omohyoid should be made over the inner edge of the sterno-mastoid muscle; with it as a guide, the omohyoid may be sought and drawn downwards and inwards, the sheath of the vessels exposed and drawn outwards, the larynx slightly pushed across to the right, the thyroid gland drawn out of the way by a blunt hook, the superior thyroid either avoided or tied.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Joseph Bell 1874
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