Hyoid apparatus

The hyoid apparatus is the collective term used in veterinary anatomy for the bones which suspend the tongue and larynx.

[1] It consists of pairs of stylohyoid, thyrohyoid, epihyoid and ceratohyoid bones, and a single basihyoid bone.

[2] The hyoid apparatus resembles the shape of a trapeze,[3] or a bent letter "H".

[4] The basihyoid bone lies within the muscle at the base of the tongue.

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