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Hyoid bone

noun
1.
A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.  Synonyms: hyoid, os hyoideum.






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"Hyoid bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... the extreme back each shield has a marked upward prolongation like a horn. By these horns, enforced by membrane, the thyroid cartilage and through it the whole larynx is attached to and is suspended from the hyoid bone, or tongue-bone. This gives mobility to the larynx and freedom of movement to the neck; and the larynx, while mobile as a whole, furthermore is capable of an infinite number of muscular adjustments and ...
— The Voice - Its Production, Care and Preservation • Frank E. Miller

... see in us nothing more than a mammal with thirty-two vertebrae possessing the hyoid bone and more folds in the hemispheres of the brain than any other animal; if in their opinion no other differences exist in this order than those produced by the influence of climate, on which are founded the nomenclature of fifteen species whose scientific names ...
— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac



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