Ventral Neck Muscles

Question 0

sternohyoideus

Answer 0

cranial attachment: basihyoid bone
caudal attachment: cranial sternum
action: pull tongue and larynx caudally

Question 1

sternocephalicus

Answer 1

cranial attachment: mastoid part - mastoid process of temporal bone
occipital part - occipital bone
caudal attachment: cranial sternum
action: depress head and neck, draw head and neck laterally

Question 2

sternothyroideus

Answer 2

cranial attachment: thyroid cartilage of larynx
caudal attachment: cranial sternum
action: pull tongue and larynx caudally