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Anatomy; Human body

The component of a fixed orthodontic appliance that is bonded to the tooth.

The platysma muscle is a broad sheet of muscle arising from the pectoral (chest) and deltoid (shoulder) muscles and rises over the collarbone (clavicle), proceeding upward in a slanting manner along ...

Digastric muscle

Anatomy; Human body

A muscle with two fleshy bellies separated by a fibrous insertion. A muscle consisting of two bellies united by a central tendon connected to the body of the hyoid bone, with origin from the ...

Trapezius muscle

Anatomy; Human body

The trapezius muscle is a flat, triangular muscle that covers the back of the neck, shoulders and thorax. The upper and lower fibres are important to the orientation of the shoulder blade (scapula). ...

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

Anatomy; Human body

The sternal head of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (also known as the sternocleidomastoideus), along with the clavicular head, assist one another to stretch the cervical portion of the spinal column ...

Mylohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Human body

A muscle with origin from the mylohyoid line of the mandible, with insertion into the upper border of the hyoid bone and the raphe separating the muscle from its fellow, with nerve supply from the ...

Omohyoid muscle

Anatomy; Human body

A muscle having two bellies attached to an intermediate tendon, with origin by the inferior belly from the upper border of the scapula, with insertion by the superior belly into the hyoid bone, with ...