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Small U-shaped bone in the neck?
The small U-shaped bone in the neck is known as the hyoid bone. It is unique in that it does not directly articulate with any other bones in the body, but instead serves as a point of attachment for muscles associated with the tongue and larynx. The hyoid bone plays a crucial role in speech and swallowing functions.
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 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
Which is the most unique bone of the human body?
the fehalothorax is unique from person to person to identify each individual
Which bone has no direct bony articulation with the skeleton?
The hyoid bone is a unique bone in the human body that does not directly articulate with any other bone. It is located in the neck and is attached to muscles and ligaments that help support the tongue and aid in swallowing and speaking.
What bone is crucial to speech?
The Hyoid Bone. Very unique because it is not connected to any other bones. Only ligaments.
What bone is unpaired?
The hyoid bone is an unpaired bone in the human body. It is located in the neck and is unique because it does not directly articulate with any other bone. The hyoid bone plays a crucial role in supporting the tongue and providing attachment points for various neck muscles.
What bone group do the hyoid belong?
The hyoid bone belongs to the group of bones known as the "axial skeleton." It is unique in that it is not directly attached to any other bones but is suspended by ligaments and muscles in the neck. The hyoid plays a crucial role in supporting the tongue and facilitating speech and swallowing.
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.
What the name of soft bone in human body?
The name of the soft bone in the human body is the hyoid bone. It is located in the neck, between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. The hyoid bone is unique because it does not articulate with any other bone in the body.
