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Hyoid bone and related muscles and ligaments | RANZCRPart1 Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Hyoid Bone Anatomy, Trans Voice, Hyoid Bone, Neck Muscle Anatomy, Head And Neck Anatomy, A And P, Neck Anatomy, Anime Bodies, Paranasal Sinuses

The hyoid is a "horseshoe"-shaped bone that serves as a structural anchor in the mid-neck. It is a place of convergence of multiple small neck muscles that permit the pharyngeal phase of swallowing. Structures in the neck are often located in relation to the hyoid (i.e. suprahyoid neck; infrahyoid neck). The hyoid bone is located above the thyroid cartilage, anterior to the trachea at the C2/C3 level. The hyoid consists of three parts: a body two superior genu two inferior genu Attachments…

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Human hyoid bone. Human Bone Anatomy, Bone Diagram, Human Skeleton Parts, Hyoid Bone, Medical Administration, Bone Anatomy, Human Skeletal System, Skeleton Parts, Human Skeleton Anatomy

Hyoid bone, U-shaped bone situated at the root of the tongue in the front of the neck and between the lower jaw and the largest cartilage of the larynx, or voice box. The primary function of the hyoid bone is to serve as an attachment structure for the tongue.

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Hyoid bone, anterior view with labels - Axial Skeleton Visual Atlas, page 45 | by Rob Swatski Hyoid Bone, Bony Landmarks, Photography Text, Axial Skeleton, Assistant Professor, Anatomy Drawing, Anatomy And Physiology, Community College, Human Anatomy

This is Page 45 of a photographic atlas I created as a laboratory study resource for my BIOL 121 Anatomy and Physiology I students on the bones and bony landmarks of the axial skeleton. Credits: All photography, text, and labels by Rob Swatski, Assistant Professor of Biology, Harrisburg Area Community College - York Campus, York, PA. Email: rjswatsk@hacc.edu This work bears an Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike Creative Commons 3.0 license. All other diagrams and illustrations used in…

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