Hyoid apparatus

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In veterinary anatomy, the term hyoid apparatus is the collective term used to refer to the bones of the tongue — a pair of stylohyoidea, a pair of thyrohyoidea, and unpaired basihyoideum[1] — and associated, upper-gular connective tissues.[2]

In humans, the single hyoid bone is an equivalent of the hyoid apparatus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Shoshani J., Marchant G.H. (2001.) Hyoid apparatus: a little-known complex of bones and its "contribution" to proboscidean evolution, The World of Elephants - International Congress, Rome, pp. 668–675.
  2. ↑ Klappenbach, Laura. "Hyoid Apparatus - Definition of Hyoid Apparatus". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 12-08-05. 
  3. ↑ "hyoid apparatus - Definition". mondofacto.com. 
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