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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
abnormal infrahyoid muscle morphology +   
abnormal superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle morphology  
abnormal suprahyoid muscle morphology +   
any structural anomaly of any of the four muscles located above the hyoid bone in the neck; these muscles include the digastric, stylohyoid, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid muscles and are all pharyngeal muscles, with the exception of the geniohyoid muscle; they have different actions but in general assist in elevating the hyoid bone and widening the esophagus during swallowing

Synonyms
Narrow Synonyms: suprahyoid muscle dysplasia
Definition Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprahyoid_muscles

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