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Q: What is the name of the cartilage projecting just posterior to the hyoid bone?
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Which bone is posterior to the mandible and anterior to the trachea?

Hyoid


Which large laryngeal cartilage is the hyoid bone located above?

The hyoid bone is right above the thyroid cart and below the epiglottis


What kind of bone is not connected with another bone?

You have a tiny bone in your ear that is not connected to any other bone in the skeletal system.


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The hyoid bone (Lingual Bone) is a bone in the human neck that does not articulate with any other bone. It is suspended by some of the ligaments and muscles of the neck and in turn supports the root of the tongue.


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I believe you are talking about the hyoid bone. It's the only bone in the body not directly connected to another bone. It is instead attached to ligaments and muscles.


Can the hyoid bone be classified as a sesamoid bone?

No. The hyoid bone is classified as an irregular bone.


What is the weight of hyoid bone?

5mg the hyoid is such a small bone


What is the only bone in the body that doesn't form a joint with another bone?

The hyoid is the only bone that forms no joint.


Which bone in the body doesn't articulate with any other bone in the body?

The hyoid bone.The hyoid is a U shaped bone in the neck, located between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. It provides attachment to the muscles of the floor of the mouth (mylohyoid) and the tongue above, and the larynx below.


What is the function of the omohyoid muscle?

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