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Preferred Name

Omohyoid Muscle
Synonyms

Omohyoid Muscle

Definitions

A skeletal muscle belonging to the infrahydoid muscle group, located in the anterior part of the neck with its origin on the upper border of the scapula and insertion on the hyoid bone; it functions to depress the hyoid bone.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C52971

code

C52971

DEFINITION

A skeletal muscle belonging to the infrahydoid muscle group, located in the anterior part of the neck with its origin on the upper border of the scapula and insertion on the hyoid bone; it functions to depress the hyoid bone.

FULL_SYN

Omohyoid Muscle

label

Omohyoid Muscle

Legacy Concept Name

Omohyoid

Preferred_Name

Omohyoid Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C52971

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0224163

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13056

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