In dictionaries:
hyoid bone
Supports tongue, anchors neck muscles.
hyoid arch
Supports tongue, floor of mouth.
hyoid apparatus
Supports tongue, larynx; aids swallowing.
hyoid bones
Supports tongue, anchors neck muscles.
hyoid suspension
Hyoid suspension, also known as hyoid myotomy and suspension or hyoid advancement, is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery in which the hyoid bone and its muscle attachments to the tongue and airway are pulled forward with the aim of increasing airway size and improving airway stability in the retrolingual and hypopharyngeal airway (airway behind and below the base of tongue).
hyoid triangle
Area formed by hyoid bone.
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