Hyoid apparatus

 ( Bird Anatomy ) 

The hyoid apparatus is the collective term used in veterinary anatomy for the bones which suspend the tongue and larynx.

It consists of pairs of stylohyoid, thyrohyoid, epihyoid and ceratohyoid bones, and a single basihyoid bone.

(2025). 9781437701784, Elsevier/Saunders. ISBN 9781437701784

The hyoid apparatus resembles the shape of a trapeze,

(2025). 9780702029387, Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 9780702029387

or a bent letter "H".

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The basihyoid bone lies within the muscle at the base of the tongue.

In humans, the single hyoid bone is an equivalent of the hyoid apparatus.

Categories: Bird Anatomy, Mammal Anatomy, Human Head And Neck

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