Preferred Label : hyoid bone;
Uberon 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].;
Uberon related term : hyoid; hyoideum; hyoid bone; lingual bone;
Uberon Taxon note : 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.;
Origin ID : 0001685;
UMLS CUI : C0020417;
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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].
