Median thyrohyoid ligament

The median thyrohyoid ligament (also middle hyothyroid ligament or middle thyrohyoid ligament) is the thicker, middle part of the thyrohyoid membrane. Its lateral thinner portions are pierced by the superior laryngeal vessels and the internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. Its anterior surface is in relation with the thyrohyoideus, sternohyoideus, and omohyoideus muscles, and with the body of the hyoid bone.

Median thyrohyoid ligament
The human larynx
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LatinLigamentum thyreohyoideum medianum
FMA55138
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1077 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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