Infrahyoid (strap) muscles

Looks like

Four thin ribbons on each side of the front of the neck, below the hyoid bone.

What it does

Pull the voice box and hyoid down after swallowing, and steady them for speech.

Keeping it well

Nothing routine; a lump that moves up when you swallow is thyroid, not muscle.

Its parts

• Omohyoid
• Sternohyoid
• Sternothyroid
• Thyrohyoid

Related conditions

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