loading...| Preferred Name |
hyoid bone |
| Synonyms |
hyoid bone os hyoideum lingual bone hyoid hyoideum |
| Definitions |
A horseshoe shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. The hyoid bone provides attachment to the muscles of the floor of the mouth and the tongue above, the larynx below, and the epiglottis and pharynx behind. [WP,modified]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001685 |
| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:263352000 MA:0001484 NCIT:C32752 MESH:D006928 EMAPA:18650 UMLS:C0020417 AAO:0000684 GAID:197 FMA:52749 VHOG:0001325 Wikipedia:Hyoid_bone |
| definition |
A horseshoe shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. The hyoid bone provides attachment to the muscles of the floor of the mouth and the tongue above, the larynx below, and the epiglottis and pharynx behind. [WP,modified]. |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Gray186.png |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
hyoid bone os hyoideum lingual bone hyoid hyoideum |
| id |
UBERON:0001685 |
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| label |
hyoid bone |
| notation |
UBERON:0001685 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
hyoid bone |
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| UBPROP_0000001 |
Paired processes that extend posterolaterally from the posterior margin of the hyoid plate. These processes are the ossified posteromedial processes and invest the laryngeal apparatus.[AAO] |
| UBPROP_0000002 |
relationship loss: part_of hyoid plate (AAO:0000664)[AAO] |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
The hyoid bone is derived from the lower half of the second gill arch in fish, which separates the first gill slit from the spiracle. In many animals, it also incorporates elements of other gill arches, and has a correspondingly greater number of cornua. Amphibians and reptiles may have many cornua, while mammals (including humans) have two pairs, and birds only one. In birds, and some reptiles, the body of the hyoid is greatly extended forward, creating a solid bony support for the tongue. The howler monkey Alouatta has a pneumatized hyoid bone, one of the few cases of postcranial pneumatization of bones outside Saurischia. |
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