Hyoid Bone
Small U-shaped (horseshoe-shaped) solitary bone.
Situated in midline of cervical spine anteriorly at base of mandible and posteriorly at fourth cervical vertebra.
Its anatomical position is just superior to thyroid cartilage.

Functions as an anchor for suprahyoid muscles (digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid and geniohyoid) and infrahyoid muscles (sternohyoid, sternothyroid, omohyoid, and thyrohyoid).

Suprahyoid muscles attach hyoid to mandible, tongue, and skull. They function in elevating the hyoid bone.

Infrahyoid muscles are four pairs of muscles located in anterior neck between hyoid superiorly and shoulder girdle inferiorly. They function in depressing the hyoid bone.

Hyoid is attached to the cervical spine posteriorly via the cervical fascia.



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