(muscle) Type: Term Definitions: 1. origin, styloid process of temporal bone; insertion, hyoid bone by two slips on either side of intermediate tendon of digastric; action, elevates hyoid bone; nerve supply, facial. Synonyms: musculus stylohyoideus Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=57160
The stylohyoid muscle (stylohyoideus) lies just above and in front of the digastric muscle and is perforated by the digastric tendon. It is a thin and slender muscle that originates at the base of the styloid process on the temporal bone and inserts into the hyoid bone. It is innervated by the facial nerve (VII cranial nerve) and supplied by the fa... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ES.HTM