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what is the function of the hyoid bone in swallowing?
please put a diagram of some kind to indicate where in the head/neck this bone is located. The diagram of the bone itself is very nice, but where is it in the body?
Just as a guess, it looks like the jaw bone. anyone know for sure?
Can someone (with more expertise/authority) review and add the following: "The hyoid bone is unique to humans. As the tongue attaches to the hyoid, it is considered a necessary anatomy for human's complex verbal communication.
What is this bone's function in language? It seems that someone should point out the functionality of this bone. The "Discovery" channel discussed this bone in showing that the Neanderthal could talk as a result of the shape of this bone. Does anyone know more about this? 67.35.126.14 04:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I am wondering about the statement that it "is the only bone in the skeleton not articulated to any other bone." What about the patella? Yes, it has a ligament that extends to the tibia, but the hyoid bone has ligaments between it and the styloid processes. Or are you saying the patella articulates with the femur (which it does)? I have another question: is the hyoid bone a sesamoid bone, like the patella? Did it form through intramembranous ossification? Provophys 23:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Only the human neck? I've heard that, at least, cats have it too. -- Taraborn 16:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
This connection is mentioned by 'lesser cornu' (of hyoid bone) Wiki article, to which hyoid bone is cross-referenced. A direct mention and cross-reference from 'hyoid bone' article to the 'stylohyoid ligament' Wiki article itself would obviously be in order. This does require at least some qualification of the [hyoid bone]"not articulated to any other bone" statement. Terminologica Anatomica lists stylohyoid ligament under cranial syndesmoses, and as such is a joint and technically an articulation. The stylohyoid ligament may provide no more functional 'articulation' (i.e., direct or dictate the manner in which any muscle attachment moves the hyoid bone) than the attached muscles provide to each other, or that provided by other connective tissue attached to the hyoid bone, so it is hardly an articulation in the manner of a synovial joint (nor in the 'immovable' manner of other fibrous joints), but nevertheless it is an articulation. So the stylohyoid ligament should be mentioned in the hyoid bone article, and I think the "not articulated to any other bone" statement qualified in light of this. I don't think it should be removed, as to my understanding the hyoid bone functions as if it is not articulated to any other bone, but at this point I am not quite sure what to say in the article, and so offer this instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.11.69.147 ( talk) 20:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
At least some other mammals (dogs, horses, cattle) have a series of hyoid bones known as the hyoid apparatus: The Stylohyoid, Epihyoid, Ceratohyoid, Basihyoid and Thyrohyoid. Apart from the basihyoid they are all paired. I imagine the basihyoid is homologous to the body of the hyoid bone in humans and the stylohyoid and thyrohyoid bones are homologous to the ligaments which take these names in humans. I don't know whether this is the general scheme throughout mammals or how this compares to other vertibrates, so could someone find this out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.4 ( talk) 17:19, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
A merge has been proposed between Greater cornu and Lesser cornu and this article (not by me).-- LT910001 ( talk) 05:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
I have completed the merge. -- LT910001 ( talk) 02:43, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
"Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation in an adult. However, this is not necessarily the case in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed."
Is the author of this still around to explain what is intended ? The final sentence: "However, this is not necessarily the case in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed." Would make sense if it were preceded by "Strangulation usually fractures the hyoid", or some such. It looks as though the author has become muddled. Surely a flexible bone would be more difficult to fracture, so when a fracture is found in children, it is particularly indicative of strangulation, which is the opposite of what has been written.
Is this intended: "Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation in an adult. However, in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed, strangulation is less likely to fracture the hyoid". G4OEP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.54.83 ( talk) 07:36, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
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what is the function of the hyoid bone in swallowing?
please put a diagram of some kind to indicate where in the head/neck this bone is located. The diagram of the bone itself is very nice, but where is it in the body?
Just as a guess, it looks like the jaw bone. anyone know for sure?
Can someone (with more expertise/authority) review and add the following: "The hyoid bone is unique to humans. As the tongue attaches to the hyoid, it is considered a necessary anatomy for human's complex verbal communication.
What is this bone's function in language? It seems that someone should point out the functionality of this bone. The "Discovery" channel discussed this bone in showing that the Neanderthal could talk as a result of the shape of this bone. Does anyone know more about this? 67.35.126.14 04:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I am wondering about the statement that it "is the only bone in the skeleton not articulated to any other bone." What about the patella? Yes, it has a ligament that extends to the tibia, but the hyoid bone has ligaments between it and the styloid processes. Or are you saying the patella articulates with the femur (which it does)? I have another question: is the hyoid bone a sesamoid bone, like the patella? Did it form through intramembranous ossification? Provophys 23:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Only the human neck? I've heard that, at least, cats have it too. -- Taraborn 16:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
This connection is mentioned by 'lesser cornu' (of hyoid bone) Wiki article, to which hyoid bone is cross-referenced. A direct mention and cross-reference from 'hyoid bone' article to the 'stylohyoid ligament' Wiki article itself would obviously be in order. This does require at least some qualification of the [hyoid bone]"not articulated to any other bone" statement. Terminologica Anatomica lists stylohyoid ligament under cranial syndesmoses, and as such is a joint and technically an articulation. The stylohyoid ligament may provide no more functional 'articulation' (i.e., direct or dictate the manner in which any muscle attachment moves the hyoid bone) than the attached muscles provide to each other, or that provided by other connective tissue attached to the hyoid bone, so it is hardly an articulation in the manner of a synovial joint (nor in the 'immovable' manner of other fibrous joints), but nevertheless it is an articulation. So the stylohyoid ligament should be mentioned in the hyoid bone article, and I think the "not articulated to any other bone" statement qualified in light of this. I don't think it should be removed, as to my understanding the hyoid bone functions as if it is not articulated to any other bone, but at this point I am not quite sure what to say in the article, and so offer this instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.11.69.147 ( talk) 20:02, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
At least some other mammals (dogs, horses, cattle) have a series of hyoid bones known as the hyoid apparatus: The Stylohyoid, Epihyoid, Ceratohyoid, Basihyoid and Thyrohyoid. Apart from the basihyoid they are all paired. I imagine the basihyoid is homologous to the body of the hyoid bone in humans and the stylohyoid and thyrohyoid bones are homologous to the ligaments which take these names in humans. I don't know whether this is the general scheme throughout mammals or how this compares to other vertibrates, so could someone find this out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.185.4 ( talk) 17:19, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
A merge has been proposed between Greater cornu and Lesser cornu and this article (not by me).-- LT910001 ( talk) 05:42, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
I have completed the merge. -- LT910001 ( talk) 02:43, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
"Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation in an adult. However, this is not necessarily the case in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed."
Is the author of this still around to explain what is intended ? The final sentence: "However, this is not necessarily the case in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed." Would make sense if it were preceded by "Strangulation usually fractures the hyoid", or some such. It looks as though the author has become muddled. Surely a flexible bone would be more difficult to fracture, so when a fracture is found in children, it is particularly indicative of strangulation, which is the opposite of what has been written.
Is this intended: "Due to its position, the hyoid bone is not susceptible to easy fracture. In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation in an adult. However, in children and adolescents, where the hyoid bone is still flexible as ossification is yet to be completed, strangulation is less likely to fracture the hyoid". G4OEP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.37.54.83 ( talk) 07:36, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
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