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Hyoid Bone

Horseshoe-shaped bone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the thyroid cartilage

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  • Anatomy and botany; top, hyoid bone and vertebrae; left, vertebral column; right, gentian. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

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    Anatomy and botany; top, hyoid bone and vertebrae; left, vertebral column; right, gentian. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

    | Date: [between 1834 and 1837] | Reference: 577952i
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    The hyoid and its associated muscles in snakes / David A. Langebartel.

    Langebartel, David A., 1929- | Date: 1968
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    De ossis hyoidei fractura : dissertatio inauguralis medico-chirurgica ... / auctor Reinhardus Bitkow.

    Bitkow, Reinhard. | Date: 1832

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