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Definition of Os hyoideum

1. Noun. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.

Medical Definition of Os hyoideum

1. A U-shaped bone lying between the mandible and the larynx, suspended from the styloid processes by slender stylohyoid ligaments. See: hyoid apparatus. Synonym: os hyoideum, lingual bone, tongue bone. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Os hyoideum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The hyoid bone, or os hyoideum, is situated chiefly between the rami of the ... This is the cornu of the os hyoideum and is. divided into two elements, ..."

2. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The hyoid bone, or os hyoideum, is situated chiefly between the rami of the ... This is the cornu of the os hyoideum and is divided into two elements, ..."

3. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1900)
"Some of the quadrumana have large sacs between the thyroid cartilage and the os hyoideum, which have much to do with modifying and increasing the resonance ..."

4. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1883)
"Some of the quadrumana have large sacs between the thyroid cartilage and the os hyoideum, which have much to do with modifying and increasing the resonance ..."

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