Growing stylohyoideus muscle insertion to the hyoid bone with special reference to its topographical relation to the intermediate tendon of digastricus muscle: a histological study using human fetuses

CONCLUSION: The stylohyoideus muscle insertion was appeared to move from the tendon sheath to the hyoid greater horn and, until near-term, return to the tendon sheath. A fascia connecting the tendon sheath to the body of hyoid was strengthened by the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles. The latter muscles seemed to regulate fixation/relaxation of the intermediate tendon to the hyoid. The stylohyoideus muscle slips sandwiching the intermediate tendon might be a rare morphology.PMID:38460858 | DOI:10.1016/j.aanat.2024.152246

Source: Annals of Anatomy - March 9, 2024 Category: Anatomy Authors: Kei Kitamura Ryu Suzuki Satoshi Ishizuka Gen Murakami Jose Francisco Rodr íguez-Vázquez Hitoshi Yamamoto Shin-Ichi Abe Source Type: research