Stylohyoid
Neck
- Origin
- Styloid process of the temporal bone
- Insertion
- Body of the hyoid bone
- Action
- Raises and pulls back the hyoid bone
- Nerve supply
- Facial nerve (CN VII)
A slender muscle running from the bony spike below the ear to the hyoid. It draws the hyoid up and back during swallowing.
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