OMO-HYOIDEUS
\ˈə͡ʊmə͡ʊha͡ɪˈɔ͡ɪdɪəs], \ˈəʊməʊhaɪˈɔɪdɪəs], \ˈəʊ_m_əʊ_h_aɪ_ˈɔɪ_d_ɪ__ə_s]\
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This muscle is situate obliquely at the sides and front of the neck. It is slender, long, and flat. It arises from the superior costa of the scapula, near the semi-lunar notch, and from the ligament that runs across it, and is inserted at the sides of the inferior margin of the body of the os hyoides. It consists of two fasciculi, united by a common tendon, and is a true digastrio muscle. It depresses the os hyoides, carrying it a little backwards, and to one side, except when it acts with its fellow, when the bone is depressed, and drawn obliquely backwards.
By Robley Dunglison
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].