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🦴 Above hyoid bone 💪 A neck muscle
suprahyoid

suprahyoid

9.9
Above the small U-shaped bone in the middle of the neck, describing muscles that help swallowing
  • adjective
  • /ˌsuːprəˈhaɪɔɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : suprahioideo
  • The suprahyoid muscles play a crucial role in helping to elevate the hyoid bone during swallowing.

Examples

  • The infrahyoid and suprahyoid muscles are partially dissected off to enable the advancement of the hyoid complex.

    Academic text (1999)

  • During the anatomy class, we learned how the suprahyoid muscles assist in tongue movement.

  • Knowledge of the suprahyoid muscles is important for understanding the mechanics of speech and swallowing.

How Low

infrahyoid
  • Specialized
9.7
hyoid
  • Specialized
1 9.9
suprahyoid
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

suprahyoid positive

Morphology

suprahyoid = hyoid (transparent) = supra + hyoid

Clear prefixation: 'supra-' (above) added to 'hyoid' yields 'located above the hyoid bone'.

Etymology

The word suprahyoid combines supra- 'above' and hyoid 'the U-shaped bone under the tongue'. So suprahyoid describes something that sits above that bone, like the neck muscles that help lift it when you swallow.