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stylohyoid
noun(sty-lo-hy-oid)
stylohyoid muscle
stylohyoid
noun(sty-lo-hy-oid)
stylohyoid muscle
stylohyoid
noun(sty-lo-hy-oid)
a slender muscle that arises from the posterior surface of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the body of the hyoid bone, and acts to elevate and retract the hyoid bone resulting in elongation of the floor of the mouth —called also stylohyoid, stylohyoideus
stylohyoid
noun(sty-lo-hy-oid)
a band of fibrous tissue connecting the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the ceratohyal of the hyoid bone

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