Strap muscles

Hyoid

the suprahyoid muscles, so called because they are located

superior to the hyoid bone, and (2) the infrahyoid muscles, named for

their position inferior to the hyoid bone. Both groups of

muscles stabilize the hyoid bone, allowing it to serve as a firm base on

which the tongue can move

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Anatomic location The anterior muscles include the superior and inferior hyoid muscles. The superior hyoid muscles include the geniohyoideus, mylohyoideus, stylohyoideus, hyoglossus, and anterior belly of the digastricus. These muscles arise from various structures superior to the hyoid bone and insert onto the superior aspect of the hyoid bone.