Clinical Significance of an Unusual Variation : Anomalous additional belly of the sternothyroid muscle

The infrahyoid muscles are involved in vocalisation and swallowing; among these, the sternothyroid muscle is derived from the common primitive sheet. The improper differentiation of this muscle may therefore result in morphological variations. We report an unusual variation found during the dissecti...

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Main Authors: Senthil Murugan M., Sudha R., Rajesh Bhargavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sultan Qaboos University 2016-11-01
Series:Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/2191