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I don't think you die when your hyoid bone is broken. I think that if you're dead, a broken hyoid is strongly indicative of strangelation. So, if you're dead and if you have a broken hyoid, you were probably strangled. The hyoid breaking just occurs, but I think that it's suffocation from lack of air that will kill you...not the hyoid bone itself.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoWhen your strangled your hyoid bone breaks and sends a signal to your brain causing you to stop breathing and die because of the pressure to your hyoid bone.
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What is the name of the bone which usually breaks when a person has been strangled?
The hyoid will sometimes break when a person has been strangled.
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.
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.
What is the function of the omohyoid muscle?
depresses hyoid bone and fixes hyoid bone during opening of mouth
Small U-shaped bone in the neck?
The hyoid bone.
Only non articulating bone of the human body?
the Hyoid Bone
If the hyoid bone is not attached to another bone why is it so important?
yes the hyoid is an actual bone it is just not attached to any other bones
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.
What is bone under tongue?
The hyoid bone
What are the ligaments that support the hyoid bone attached to?
Ligaments that support the hyoid bone are attached to the styloid process.
