Sternohyoid

Looks like

A thin strap muscle at the front of the neck, running from the back of the breastbone up to the hyoid bone.

What it does

Pulls the hyoid bone down after swallowing and during speech.

Keeping it well

One of the strap muscles surgeons part in the midline to reach the thyroid gland.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus