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The sternohyoid muscle, Omohyoid muscle, and Thyroid muscle are three muscles that are responsible for the depression of the hyoid bone.
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What hormone does the hyroid gland?
The hyroid is the bone our tongues are anchored to in the troat. The thyroid gland makes thyroxin.
Where is the sternohyoid muscle located?
The sternohyoid muscle runs from the sternum to the hyoid bone in the neck. It depresses the hyoid bone with the larynx.
What is the function of the omohyoid muscle?
depresses hyoid bone and fixes hyoid bone during opening of mouth
Which bone supports the larynx superiorly?
Hyoid
What is the external landmark of the larynx?
hyoid bone
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.
Which muscle elevated the hyoid bone and depresses the mandible?
Suprahyoids (4)mylohyoid- elevatesgeniohyoid-elevatesstylohyoid- elevates and retractsdigastrics- depressesInfrhyoids (4)stermohyoid- depressessternothyoid- depressesthyrohyoid- depressesomohyoid- depresses
What is Non articulated bone?
hyoid which is located in the throat above the larynx hyoid which is located in the throat above the larynx
What us the function of the styloid process?
The styloid process is a slender pointed piece of bone just below the ear. It projects down and forward from the inferior surface of the temporal bone, and serves as an anchor point for several muscles associated with the tongue and larynx.
Where in the body is the tongue located in anatomical terms?
The tongue is located in the mouth just above the larynx. It is attached to lower jaw and to the hyoid bone. It is made up of muscles covered by mucous membranes.
What separates the upper and lower respiratory?
The hyoid bone.
What bone is attached to both the larynx and the tongue root?
skeletal system
