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Hyoid

noun
1.
A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.  Synonyms: hyoid bone, os hyoideum.





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... Very young human embryo of the fourth week, one-fourth of an inch long (taken from the womb of a suicide eight hours after death). (From Rabl.) n nasal pits, a eye, u lower jaw, z arch of hyoid bone, k3 and k4 third and fourth gill-arch, h heart; s primitive segments, vg fore-limb (arm), hg hind-limb (leg), between the ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel


Words linked to "Hyoid" :   hyoid bone, os hyoideum, bone, os


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