Hyoid bone
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It is stored in the neck muscles between the floor of the mouth and the larynx. It consists of a body and a horns. It is tangible.
- Corpus ossis hyoidei
Unpaired lingual body - is placed transversely in front.
- Cornua majora
Paired formations in the continuation of the body towards the back. They form a U-shape with the body.
- Cornua minora'
Short conical formations movably connected cartilage to the lateral margin of the body.
- Ligamentum stylohyoideum'
It connects the small horns with the processus styloideus. Bony formations can sometimes occur in this ligament.
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- ČIHÁK, Radomír – GRIM, Miloš. Anatomie. 2., uprav. a dopl edition. Grada Publishing, 2002. 470 pp. vol. 2. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.
