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Hyoid :: Hyoid (n.) The hyoid bone.

Urohyal :: Urohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.

Styloid :: Stylohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.

Hyo- :: Hyo- () A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc..

Hyoideal :: Hyoideal (a.) Alt. of Hyoidea.

Ichthyoidal :: Ichthyoidal (a.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.

Tympanohyal :: Tympanohyal (n.) The proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man..

Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..

Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..

Interhyal :: Interhyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch.

Mandibulohyoid :: Mandibulohyoid (a.) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them..

Infrahyoid :: Infrahyoid (a.) Same as Hyosternal (a).

Geniohyoid :: Geniohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle..

Basihyal :: Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch..

Supra-ilium :: Suprahyoid (a.) Hyomental.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

Hyoidean :: Hyoidean (a.) Same as Hyoid, a..

Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/]..

Hyostylic :: Hyostylic (a.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull..

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