hyoid bone

Definition

horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage

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Neighbouring structures

• ethmoid
• left inferior nasal concha
• left lacrimal bone
• left maxilla
• left nasal bone
• left orbit
• left palatine bone
• left temporal bone
• left zygomatic bone
• mandible
• osseous skeleton of nose
• right inferior nasal concha

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Identifiers

TA2

876

TA98

A02.1.16.001

FMA

52749

UBERON

0001685

Wikidata

Q16332