MENTO-HYOIDEUS

(Lat.), n. m. Me2nt"o(o3)-hi(hu)-o2-i"-d- (ed)'e2-u (u4s). An anomalous muscle which arises from the hyoid bone beneath the digastric us and pa es upward to blend with the platysma myoides or to be inserted into the inferior maxilla. [L, 332.] [s. 747]