Levator muscle of thyroid gland

A fibrous or muscular band is sometimes found attached, above, to the body of the hyoid bone, and below to the thyroid isthmus, or its pyramidal lobe. When muscular, it is termed the levator muscle of thyroid gland.

Levator muscle of thyroid gland
The thyroid gland and its relations. (Levator muscle not labeled, but region is visible.)
Details
Origin	Thyrohyoid muscle
Insertion	Thyroid isthmus
Nerve	Ansa cervicalis
Identifiers
Latin	musculus levator glandulae thyroideae
TA98	A04.2.04.008
TA2	2175
FMA	13345
Anatomical terms of muscle [edit on Wikidata]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1270 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• synd/3734 at Whonamedit?
• Lehr RP Jr (1979). "Musculus levator glandulae thyroideae: an observation". Anat Anz. 146 (5): 494–6. PMID 546278.