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Sternothyroid
Meaning: A strap muscle of the neck running from the breastbone to the Adam's apple cartilage, lowering the larynx.
In practice: Sternothyroid lies deep to sternohyoid in the front of the neck.
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Which word means: A short strap muscle of the neck that lowers the U-shaped bone beneath the jaw or raises the larynx.
Answer: Thyrohyoid
Which word means: A slender upper arm muscle that helps flex and draw the arm towards the body.
Answer: Coracobrachialis
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