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Where is the esophageal sphincter located?
Anatomic location The anterior muscles include the superior and inferior hyoid muscles. The superior hyoid muscles include the geniohyoideus, mylohyoideus, stylohyoideus, hyoglossus, and anterior belly of the digastricus. These muscles arise from various structures superior to the hyoid bone and insert onto the superior aspect of the hyoid bone.
What are the functions for the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles?
the suprahyoid muscles, so called because they are located superior to the hyoid bone, and (2) the infrahyoid muscles, named for their position inferior to the hyoid bone. Both groups of muscles stabilize the hyoid bone, allowing it to serve as a firm base on which the tongue can move
What muscles are responsible for depression of the hyoid bone?
Superior belly of omohyoid muscle
What Bone is attached to neck and tongue muscle?
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.
What axial skeleton bone is the only one in the body that does not articulate with another bone?
the hyoid bone, also known as lingual bone, it is in the neck. it's supported by the muscles of the neck and supports the root of the tongue.
How many muscles connect to hyoid bone?
11
There's a tissue or structure which is located superior to the hyoid bone there are two words in the name of this tissue or structure what is it?
Adams Apple
The hyoid bone is the only bone that does not articulate with another bone?
The hyoid bone is only held in place by muscles. Therefore it doesn't articulate with any other bone.
How does the hyoid bone stay in place?
It stays attached by muscles.
Which muscles are not attached to the bones?
There are two: the incus and the talus (or four if you count two on each side of the body). The incus is a middle ear bone. The other two middle ear bones, the stapes and malleus, have attachments with the Stapedius and Tensor Tympani muscles respectively. The Talus, which is in the foot, also has no muscle attachments.
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 bone supports the tongue?
The hyoid bone supports the tongue and serves as an attachment for muscles the move the tongue and have part in the function of swallowing. :)
