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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 2 September 2008
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Introduction
The hyoid apparatus holds the larynx in place and supports the pharynx and tongue from the skull.
It is made up of 5 different bones which vary in length and size depending on the species.
Structure and Function
- Attached to the temporal region of the skull by a synchondrosis
- Palpable through pharynx
- Visible when the pharynx is viewed through the mouth
- Basihyoid is palpable within the intermandibular space
- Sternohyoid muscle pulls hyoid caudally
- Geniohyoid muscle pulls hyoid rostrally
The hyoid bones
- Basihyoid
- Lingual process present in some species which protrudes into the roof of the tongue
- Unpaired
- Stylohyoid
- Articulates with base of skull at petrus temporal
- Articulates with thyroid cartilage of larynx
- Paired
- Epihyoid
- Paired
- Keratohyoid
- Paired
- Thyrohyoid
- Paired
Species Differences
Carnivores
- Stylohyoid bones not palpable
Equine
- Epihyoid small
- Lingual process present
- Well developed stylohyoid muscle
Ruminants
- Lingual process present
Porcine
- Lingual process present