hyoid
hyoid bone

The weight of Nestor's body could then break his hyoid.

In mammals and birds, the hyoid is still more simplified.

The hyoid is a horseshoe-shaped bone in the front of the neck.

The structure of the hyoid allows them to roar.

And so we don't know what function the hyoid served in the Neanderthal.

The second arch becomes the hyoid and jaw support.

Two elements of the hyoid are present also.

In older victims, the hyoid may crack during strangulation.

A hyoid is a small bone that is not completely rigid in adults.

When a body decays, the hyoid falls away and can easily be separated from the rest of the skeleton.

When contracted, it elevates the hyoid, this action is primarily brought about during swallowing.

Hyoid or not, we've had no way of being certain that the Neanderthals actually were capable of speech.

"The key to it is a tiny U-shaped bone called the hyoid, at the base of the tongue.

Unlike other bones, the hyoid is not directly connected to other bones.

She's also got a fracture of the right cornua of the hyoid.

The following muscles are attached to the hyoid:

Finally the larynx and pharynx move down with the hyoid mostly by elastic recoil.

Roaring is made by using hyoid.

Also a detached hyoid is present.

Other muscles, usually associated with the hyoid such as the sternohyomastoid, are responsible for opening the jaw.

In a suspected case of murder, a fractured hyoid strongly indicates throttling or strangulation.

However, other researchers have claimed that the morphology of the hyoid is not indicative of the larynx's position.

In birds, and some reptiles, the body of the hyoid is greatly extended forward, creating a solid bony support for the tongue.

The hyoid is ossified from six centers: two for the body, and one for each cornu.

The omohyoid muscle is a muscle that depresses the hyoid.

One of the hints they use is the hyoid bone.

Due to its position, the hyoid bone does not fracture easily.

She fell down and broke her hyoid bone on the coffee table.

The tongue is usually left in place, because of its attachment to hyoid bones.

In the back of the mouth, the tongue is anchored into the hyoid bone.

I'm going by the hyoid bones in the throat.

The presence of a hyoid bone was a surprise.

A constricting band of something with pressure below the hyoid bone.

She might have tripped and clipped her hyoid bone on a chair.

Some cops braced him on the hyoid bone back in '66.

Instead they produce a sharp clicking sound by snapping the hyoid bone in their throat.

The hyoid bone would be broken, for instance.

The hyoid bone is present in many mammals.

Over 80% of these cysts are located at or below the hyoid bone.

The large hyoid bones left in skeletons indicates that they had long, flexible tongues.

Its attachment to the hyoid bone prevents the formation of a dewlap.

The hyoid bone is sometimes included, and sometimes excluded.

The cause of death was determined to be strangulation as Marcia had a broken hyoid bone.

It buttressed his alleged finding on the hyoid bone.

The Neanderthal hyoid bone, which holds the voice box in place, shows they were capable of complex speech.

The hyoid bone and the clavicle are the only bones located in the throat of mammals.

The primary reason for this was formerly assumed to be the incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone.

It is attached to the hyoid bone.

The hyoid bone is unusually large, and presumably has a role in the whale's suction feeding.

Over the next few weeks, it migrates to the base of the neck, passing anterior to the hyoid bone.