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Mylohyoid :: Mylohyoid (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (n.) The hyoid bone.

Hypohyal :: Hypohyal (a.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal..

Apohyal :: Apohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch..

Subimago :: Subhyoidean (a.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy..

Omohyoid :: Omohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle..

Ceratohyal :: Ceratohyal (n.) A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid..

Hyoideal :: Hyoideal (a.) Alt. of Hyoidea.

Hypsiloid :: Hypsiloid (a.) Resembling the Greek letter / in form; hyoid.

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [/]..

Hyoglossus :: Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone..

Styloid :: Stylohyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.

Basihyal :: Basihyal (a.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch..

Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Hyostylic :: Hyostylic (a.) Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; -- said of the skull..

Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..

Splanchnic :: Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and hyoidean apparatus..

Basihyoid :: Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.

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