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Sternohyoid muscle: Structure, Function & Overview

The sternohyoid muscle is a bilaterally paired, long, thin, narrow strap muscle of the anterior neck. It is one of the infrahyoid muscles. It is innervated by the ansa cervicalis. It acts to depress the hyoid bone.

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Sternohyoid muscle topic overview

The analysis highlights Structure, Function and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Sternohyoid muscle.

Related topics
15
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
18
Extracted relationships
30
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
18

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Structure · 7 topics
Function · 5 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
Depresses hyoid
Artery
Superior thyroid artery
FMA
13341
Insertion
Hyoid bone
Latin
musculus sternohyoideus
Nerve
C1-C3 by a branch of ansa cervicalis

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Structure

Function

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Sternohyoid muscle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Sternohyoid muscle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Sternohyoid muscle → Anterior, Deep, Enlarged, Hyoid, Inferior, Kocher, Left, Posterior, Section, Sternohyoid, The, Transversus Another extracted example is Sternohyoid muscle → bilaterally paired, flat muscle located on both sides of the neck. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Sternohyoid muscle

Top relations

related to Additional images · 12
Sternohyoid muscle → Anterior, Deep, Enlarged, Hyoid, Inferior, Kocher, Left, Posterior, Section, Sternohyoid, The, Transversus
is a · 2
Sternohyoid muscle → bilaterally paired, flat muscle located on both sides of the neck
related to Nerve supply · 2
Sternohyoid muscle → C1-C3, The
Actions · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → Depresses hyoid
Artery · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → Superior thyroid artery
FMA · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → 13341
Insertion · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → Hyoid bone
Latin · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → musculus sternohyoideus
Nerve · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → C1-C3 by a branch of ansa cervicalis
Origin · 1
Sternohyoid muscle → Manubrium of sternum

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

muscle sternohyoid neck hyoid bone muscles thyroid infrahyoid sternum manubrium origin posterior clavicle movements ansa cervicalis surface anterior depress group

Sternohyoid muscle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 30 structured relationships around Sternohyoid muscle. Examples in this analysis include Sternohyoid muscle → Actions → Depresses hyoid and Sternohyoid muscle → Artery → Superior thyroid artery. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sternohyoid muscleActionsDepresses hyoid1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleArterySuperior thyroid artery1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleFMA133411.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleInsertionHyoid bone1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleLatinmusculus sternohyoideus1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleNerveC1-C3 by a branch of ansa cervicalis1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleOriginManubrium of sternum1.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleTA221681.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleTA98A04.2.04.0021.00infobox
Sternohyoid muscleis abilaterally paired0.90text
Sternohyoid muscleis aflat muscle located on both sides of the neck0.90text
speakinginstance ofwhich is important for activities0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Sternohyoid muscle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sternohyoid, Neck and Infrahyoid. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Sternohyoid muscle
    • Sternohyoid
    • Neck
    • Infrahyoid
    • Functions
    • Head
    • Muscles
    • Strap
    • Ansa
    • Cervicalis
    • Movements
    • Nerves
    • Paired
  • sternohyoid muscle
    • Sternohyoid
    • Neck
    • Infrahyoid
    • Functions
    • Head
    • Muscles
    • Strap
    • Ansa
    • Cervicalis
    • Movements
    • Nerves
    • Bone
  • strap muscle
    • Sternohyoid
    • Neck
    • Infrahyoid
    • Bone
    • Hyoid
    • Muscles
    • Contributes
    • Functions
    • Group
    • Head
    • Paired
    • Strap
  • infrahyoid muscles
    • One
    • Muscles
    • Sternohyoid
    • Actions
    • Insertion
    • Nerve
    • Neck
    • Muscle
    • Origin
    • Bone
    • Hyoid
    • Depress
  • hyoid bone
    • Hyoid
    • Body
    • Depress
    • Manubrium
    • Origin
    • Infrahyoid
    • Muscle
    • Muscles
    • Sternohyoid
    • Actions
    • Functions
    • Insertion
  • ansa cervicalis
    • Cervicalis
    • Actions
    • Insertion
    • Nerve
    • One
    • Paired
    • Sternohyoideus
    • Strap
    • Sternohyoid
    • Manubrium
    • Nerves
    • Origin
  • neck
    • Sternohyoid
    • Muscles
    • Movements
    • Actions
    • Contributes
    • Functions
    • Group
    • Head
    • Nerve
    • Paired
    • Strap
    • Lateral
  • clavicle
    • Ligament
    • Medial
    • Sternoclavicular
    • Manubrium
    • Posterior
    • Body
    • Sternum
    • Hyoid

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Sternohyoid muscle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Sternohyoid muscle with Structure. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Sternohyoid muscleStructure · splits 11 ⟂ 8
Sternohyoid muscleFunction · splits 13 ⟂ 6
Sternohyoid muscleOverview · splits 15 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Sternohyoid muscle

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples30
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Sternohyoid muscle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Structure, Function & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Sternohyoid muscle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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