| 单词 | hyoid bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmashyoid bone hyoid bone n. the tongue-bone or os linguæ, situated between the chin and the thyroid cartilage. In man it is a horseshoe-shaped or U-shaped bone (whence the name) imbedded horizontally in the root of the tongue, with its convexity pointing forwards, and held in place by several ligaments.In most mammals it is comparatively larger than in man, and is a more complicated and important structure, consisting of several distinct pieces.extracted from hyoidadj.n.< as lemmas |
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