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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.


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.


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5mg the hyoid is such a small bone


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What is the name bone of the tongue of the tongue?

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What happens when the hyoid bone breaks?

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.


Can the hyoid bone be classified as a sesamoid bone?

No, the hyoid bone is not classified as a sesamoid bone. Sesamoid bones are small, round bones found embedded within tendons, whereas the hyoid bone is a U-shaped bone located in the neck and serves as a point of attachment for muscles involved in swallowing and speech.


What are the ligaments that support the hyoid bone attached to?

Ligaments that support the hyoid bone are attached to the styloid process.


What is the vertebral level of the hyoid bone?

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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.


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hyoid bone as well as other structures such as the mandible and the styloid process of the temporal bone. These ligaments help to suspend and stabilize the hyoid bone in the neck.