Preferred Label : hyoid apparatus;
Uberon definition : A group of bones comprised of hyoid body and two pairs of cornua (i.e. greater cornua
and lesser cornua), and lies just below the tongue, above the thyroid cartilage;
Uberon related term : hyolingual system; hyobranchial apparatus; apparatus hyoideus;
Uberon Taxon note : In most mammals, including humans, the hyoid apparatus is shaped like a horseshoe.
However, in humans, some of the bones of the hyoid apparatus are fused into a single
bone called os hyoideum. In other animals such as frogs, the hyoid apparatus has a
hyoid body that is chiefly comprised of hyaline cartilage and two pairs of processes
(i.e. alary process and the posteriolateral process).;
Origin ID : 0010272;
Uberon cross reference
- has part
- part of
A group of bones comprised of hyoid body and two pairs of cornua (i.e. greater cornua
and lesser cornua), and lies just below the tongue, above the thyroid cartilage
