Individual Muscles
Namely, the muscles are:
| Muscle | Origin | Insertion | Innervation |
| sternothyroid | sternum | thyroid cartilage | ansa cervicalis |
| sternohyoid | sternum | hyoid bone | ansa cervicalis |
| thyrohyoid | thyroid cartilage | hyoid bone | C1 (via CN XII) |
| omohyoid (superior belly) | intermediate tendon | hyoid bone | superior root of ansa cervicalis |
| omohyoid (inferior belly) | superior border of scapula | intermediate tendon | ansa cervicalis |
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