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THE MU8CLES AND FASCIA 



sionally traversed by a transverse or oblique tendinous inters 

 the Ilectus abdominis. 



e in 



Lelatioflfc-Sg 





jerficial surface, with the Sternohyoid, Omohyc . . . toid; 



below upward, with the trachea, innominate -otid 



innominate artery), the thyroid gland and it.^ v lower 



arynx. The inferior thyroid vein lies along its fr> lion 

 emember in the operation of tracheotomy. On 

 , relation to the oesophagus. 



i. thyreohyoideus] is a small, quadrilateral 

 i of the Sternothyroid. It arises fron\ tn< 

 cartilage, and passes vertically up wan 

 body and greater cornu of the hyoid b( 



;i r- 

 on 

 nto 



terficial surface, with the Sternohyoid and Omohyoid n; its 



roid cartilage, the thyrohyoid membrane, and ipci .i mryngeal 



Symphysis 

 of Mandible. 



Sternum. 

 FIG. 301. Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. 



i. omohyoideus} passes across the side of the neck, from the 



I bone. It consists^f two fleshy bellies, united by a central 



the upper ' ' ! the 



