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Hyoid bone and related muscles and ligaments | RANZCRPart1 Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Hyoid Bone Anatomy, Hyoid Bone, Neck Muscle Anatomy, Anime Bodies, Neck Anatomy, Axial Skeleton, Anatomy Notes, Bone Drawing, 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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Hyoid bone, anterior view with labels - Axial Skeleton Visual Atlas, page 45 | by Rob Swatski Bony Landmarks, Hyoid Bone, Photography Text, Axial Skeleton, York Pa, Anatomy And Physiology, Community College, Human Anatomy, Learning Resources

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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