strap muscles

in·fra·hy·oid mus·cles

[TA] the small, flat muscles inferior to the hyoid bone including the sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and levator muscle of the thyroid gland. Synonym(s): musculi infrahyoidei [TA], strap muscles

strap muscles

Surgical anatomy A popular term for the infrahyoid group of intrinsic laryngeal muscles; SMs are small, flat muscles below the hyoid bone that connect with hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage; SMs are antagonistic to the elastic suspensory ligaments and laryngeal elevators. Cf Laryngeal complex.