Search
hyoid bone
A U-shaped bone lying inferior to the mandible & superior to the larynx. It is suspended from the styloid process by the stylohyoid ligaments.
Related
geniohyoid muscle
mylohyoid (diaphragma oris)
omohyoid muscle
sternohyoid
stylohyoid ligament
stylohyoid muscle
thyrohyoid
General
bone
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Component-of
neck
Images
images related to hyoid bone