Five-headed superior omohyoid

Maślanka, Krystian; Zielinska, Nicol; Tubbs, R. Shane; Gonera, Bartosz; Ruzik, Kacper; Olewnik, Łukasz

doi:10.5603/fm.a2022.0091

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“…Additionally, they described the presence of tendinous connections between TH and SH [16]. Infrahyoid muscles are characterized by high variability [15], especially omohyoid [9,11,21,23]. TH is the most constant of these and is relatively less variable in terms of morphology.…”

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The previously undescribed variant of the thyrohyoid muscle and its potential impact on surgical procedures

Maślanka,

Zielinska,

Karauda

et al. 2024

Surg Radiol Anat

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The thyrohyoid muscle belongs to the infrahyoid group located in the carotid triangle. It normally originates from thyroid cartilage and inserts into hyoid bone. Quite often, it is continuous with the sternohyoid muscle. Furthermore, there are variants that have their origin in the cricoid cartilage only, however, this occurs very rarely. During anatomical dissection, a two-headed variant of this muscle was found. One head had its origin in the cricoid cartilage and the other in the thyroid cartilage. This variant of thyrohyoid had not been previously described in the available literature. Therefore, we believe that it may be referred to as the cricothyrohyoid muscle. As the thyrohyoideus is often used as a landmark during surgical procedures in the prelaryngeal area and as a muscle graft, a thorough knowledge of its anatomy and variation is extremely important. We speculate that the two-headed version of this muscle may be problematic during surgical procedures in this region, however, it may also provide more options as a muscular graft.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Infrahyoid muscles are characterized by high variability [ 15 ], especially omohyoid [ 9 , 11 , 21 , 23 ]. TH is the most constant of these and is relatively less variable in terms of morphology.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The previously undescribed variant of the thyrohyoid muscle and its potential impact on surgical procedures

Maślanka,

Zielinska,

Karauda

et al. 2024

Surg Radiol Anat

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“…A 82 year old body donor (height 182 cm) was subjected to anatomical dissection for teaching and research purposes at the Department of Anatomical Dissection and Donation, Medical University of Lodz, Poland. Traditional dissection was carried out on the right lower limb, using techniques according to a strictly specified protocol [16].…”

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confidence: 99%