Cowper, William: Myotomia Reformata: Or A New Administration Of All The Muscles Of Humane Bodies: Wherein The true Uses of the Muscles are Explained, the Errors of former Anatomists concerning them Confuted, and several Muscles not hitherto taken notice of Described ; T whick are subjoin'd, A Graphical Description of teh Bones, And other Anatomical Observations (London, 1694)

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by some is also Called Biventer. When
st A&s together with Its Partner,
They do not only assist the Former in
drawing the Os Hyoides, Tongue and
Larynx, downwards; but, They also
pull them somewhat Inwards, towards
the Vertebra of the Neck.
tope's5' Stylohyoideus.
By some called Styloceratohyoideus,
becauso its said to be Insorted to the
Horns of the Os Hyoides. It Arises
lharp and s lefty from the Procerus
Styloides (/), and soon growing lar- Fig. &
ger, It Defcends obliquely Forwards
to the Os Hyoides, in half its Progress
thither, its Fleshy Body is Divided, to
give way to the Transmission of the
Middle Tendon of the Digasiricus os
the Lower Jaw. This Muscle is well
exprest (in fau) by Bidloo.
This with its Companions, the %-
loglojsus and Stylofharyngms Acting on
each side, do draw up the Os Hyoides,
Tongue and Larynx, together with
the Fauces in Deglutition; whereby
the Masticated Aliment is not only
Comprest into the Latter, (they be-
ing thea Dilated) but the Epiglottis is
Deprest^