Stylohyoid

Looks like

A slender muscle from a thin spike of bone under the ear (styloid process) down to the hyoid bone, split by the digastric tendon.

What it does

Pulls the hyoid bone up and back during swallowing.

Keeping it well

Powered by the facial nerve. A long, calcified styloid ligament nearby can cause throat pain on swallowing (Eagle syndrome).

Related conditions

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