mylohyoidnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmaɪ.ləʊˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/us/ˌmaɪ.loʊˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/specializedthe muscle that goes from the lower jaw to the hyoid bone (= a bone in the middle of the neck) that forms the floor of the mouth
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The mouth & throat
- airway
- alveolar
- alveolar ridge
- buccal
- buccinator
- cricothyroid
- epiglottis
- glottis
- gob
- gullet
- gummy
- larynx
- mandibular
- orbicularis
- palate
- palatine
- salivary duct
- sphenopalatine
- trout pout
- windpipe
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