Muscular

Muscular

The system in the body composed of muscle cells and tissues that bring about movement of an organ or part of the body.

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geniohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A narrow muscle situated superior to the medial border of the mylohyoid muscle.

A thin, narrow muscle attaching the hyoid bone to the sternum, one of the paired strap muscles of the infrahyoid muscles serving to depress the hyoid bone. It sometimes presents, immediately above ...

sternothyroid

Anatomy; Muscular

Shorter and wider than the Sternohyoideus, beneath which it is situated. It arises from the posterior surface of the manubrium sterni, below the origin of the Sternohyoideus, and from the edge of the ...

thyrohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A small, quadrilateral muscle appearing like an upward continuation of the Sternothyreoideus. It belongs to the infrahyoid muscles group.

omohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscle at the front of the neck that consists of two bellies separated by an intermediate tendon. It belongs to the group of infrahyoid muscles.

tongue

Anatomy; Muscular

A muscular hydrostat on the floors of the mouths of most vertebrates which manipulates food for mastication. It is the primary organ of taste (Gustation), as much of the upper surface of the tongue ...