Stylohyoid muscle 2283764 222239625 2008-06-28T07:44:40Z Slodave 301776 +iw {{Muscle infobox | Name = Stylohyoid | Latin = musculus stylohyoideus | GraySubject = 112 | GrayPage = 392 | Image = Musculi colli stylohyoideus.svg | Caption = The stylohyoid among the triangles of the neck. | Image2 = Stylohyoid muscle.PNG | Caption2 = Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. Stylohyoid muscle in purple | Origin = [[styloid process (temporal)]] | Insertion = [[greater cornu]] of [[hyoid bone]]| Blood = | Nerve = [[facial nerve]] (CN VII)| Action = Elevate the hyoid during swallowing| MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = m_22 | DorlandsSuf = 12550977 | }} The '''Stylohyoid muscle''' is a slender [[muscle]], lying in front of, and above the posterior belly of the [[digastric muscle]]. It shares this muscle's innervation by the [[facial nerve]]. ==Origin and insertion== It arises from the back and lateral surface of the [[styloid process (temporal)|styloid process]] of the [[temporal bone]], near the base; and, passing downward and forward, is inserted into the body of the [[hyoid bone]], at its junction with the greater cornu, and just above the [[Omohyoideus]]. It thus belongs to the group of [[suprahyoid muscles]]. It is perforated, near its insertion, by the tendon of the [[Digastricus]]. ==Variations== It may be absent or doubled, lie beneath the [[carotid artery]], or be inserted into the [[Omohyoideus]], [[Thyreohyoideus]], or [[Mylohyoideus]]. {{-}} ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray137.png|Left temporal bone. Outer surface. Image:Gray186.png|Hyoid bone. Anterior surface. Enlarged. Image:Gray507.png|Superficial dissection of the right side of the neck, showing the carotid and subclavian arteries. Image:Stylohyoideus.png|Extrinsic muscles of the tongue. Left side. </gallery> ==See also== * [[Stylohyoid ligament]] ==External links== * {{MuscleLoyola|styh}} * {{GPnotebook|510328910}} * {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|34|02|04}} {{Gray's}} {{Muscles of neck}} [[Category:Muscles of the head and neck]] {{muscle-stub}} [[de:Musculus stylohyoideus]] [[fr:Muscle stylo-hyoïdien]] [[hr:Kolčastopodjezični mišić]] [[it:Muscolo stiloioideo]] [[lb:Griffelzongeschankemuskel]] [[nl:Musculus stylohyoideus]] [[ja:茎突舌骨筋]] [[sl:Klinasto-podjezična mišica]] [[sr:Стилохиоидни мишић]]