loading...| Preferred Name | hyoid apparatus | |
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apparatus hyoideus hyolingual system hyobranchial apparatus apparatus hyobranchialis |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010272 |
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relationship loss: part_of hyolaryngeal complex (AAO:0000226)[AAO] |
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EMAPA:37600 AAO:0000225 SCTID:410035009 http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/bones/gill_arches/images/ReptileHyoids.gif AAO:0000682 MA:0003037 |
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| 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. |
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| external_definition |
Apparatus located in the floor of the mouth, under the mandibular arcade. The apparatus consists of a central corpus and four pairs of processes. This apparatus serves as the site of insertion for a variety of muscles associated with movements of the tongue and as the origin of the m. hyoglossus.[AAO] |
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uberon |
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apparatus hyoideus hyolingual system hyobranchial apparatus apparatus hyobranchialis |
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UBERON:0010272 |
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| label |
hyoid apparatus |
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| notation |
UBERON:0010272 |
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hyoid apparatus |
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| taxon_notes |
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). |
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