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Ceratohyal   Listen
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Ceratohyal  n.  (Anat.) A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.






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... just behind the bulla above, and passing round on either side of the throat to meet at the base of the tongue, is the hyoid apparatus (Figure 6). The stylohyal (s.h.), epihyal (e.h.), and ceratohyal (c.h.) form the anterior cornu of the hyoid. The body of the hyoid (b.h.) forms a basis for the tongue. The posterior coruna (t.h.) of the hyoid are ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells



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