innervated by innervated_by has muscle origin has muscle origin has muscle insertion has muscle insertion Homo sapiens sternothyroid muscle http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Sternothyroideus.png FMA:13343 sternothyroid musculus sternothyroideus MA:0002386 sterno-thyroideus sternothyroideus SCTID:244831004 The sternothyroid is a somitic muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the cervical plexus; it attaches to the thyroid cartilage and the sternum.[FEED] The Sternothyreoideus (or Sternothyroid muscle) is shorter and wider than the Sternohyoideus, beneath which it is situated. It arises from the posterior surface of the manubrium sterni, below the origin of the Sternohyoideus, and from the edge of the cartilage of the first rib, and sometimes that of the second rib, it is inserted into the oblique line on the lamina of the thyroid cartilage. This muscle is in close contact with its fellow at the lower part of the neck, but diverges somewhat as it ascends; it is occasionally traversed by a transverse or oblique tendinous inscription. [WP,unvetted]. sternothyreoideus UBERON:0001109 UMLS:C0224166 Wikipedia:Sternothyroid_muscle draws larynx caudally EMAPA:19272 NCIT:C53070 sternothyreoidei thyroid cartilage spinal nerve manubrium of sternum ansa cervicalis infrahyoid muscle