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Within the head there are no bones under the human tongue. Apart from the Mandible (Jaw bone) the entirity of the bottom part of the mouth is soft tissue, mostly muscle. The main muscles are the Geniohyoid and the Mylohyoid which attach between the inside of the mandible and, the only bone in the human body not connected to another, the Hyoid bone. This bone is present the neck as an attachment for muscles. It is a U shaped bone that is suspended by various muscles (the two above plus the Digastric and the Stylohyoid) above the thyroid cartilage. This is the bone that is often uset to determine, post mortem, if a person was strangled as it is easily broken.

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