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The hyoid bone (lingual bone) (Latin os hyoideum)
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How does a metal plate heal a broken bone?
It does not. It supports a damaged structure until the bone heals.
Does a butterfly has a back bone?
No, insects don't have bones. The outside of their body is the only structure that supports them.
What structure serve as a passageway for both air and food?
Your Pharynx
What supports the cortical plate in the human mouth?
The cortical plate in the human mouth is a flat structure or layer of a thin dental bone. It is supported by the alveolar bone.
What bone supports the tail feather?
The bone that supports the tail feather bone is the scrodum or the dick
What structure connects the pharynx and trachea?
the larynx or glottis connect the pharynx and trachea
What structure closes off the rest of the pharynx when we are eating so that food does not get into the pharynx?
Epiglottis
What respiratory structure communicate with the middle ear by the eustachian tube?
Pharynx
What structure carries both food and air?
The pharynx is the back of the throat (divided loosely into nasopharynx and oropharynx) which allows food to enter the oesophagus and air to enter the thrachea.
The structure joining the pharynx to the stomach is the?
Esophagus.
Structure carries both food and air?
pharynx
What is the structure that separates the nasopharynx from oropharynx?
There is no physical structure separating the naso- and oropharynx (or between the oro- and laryngopharynx for that matter). They are simply different regions of the pharynx with no clear cut borders between them. However, one can say that the oropharynx starts at about the level of C2 vertebral bone; and the larygnopharynx from below the hyoid bone.
