HYOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyoid mean? 

• HYOID (noun)
  The noun HYOID has 1 sense:

1. a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles

  Familiarity information: HYOID used as a noun is very rare.

• HYOID (adjective)
  The adjective HYOID has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the hyoid bone

  Familiarity information: HYOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hyoid; hyoid bone; os hyoideum

Hypernyms ("hyoid" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

• HYOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the hyoid bone

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

hyoid bone (a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles)

 Context examples 

A muscle extending from the hyoid bone to the side of the tongue that retracts and pulls the side of the tongue downward.

(Hyoglossus Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein arising near the hyoid bone from several veins from the submaxillary region.

(Anterior Jugular Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A muscle extending from the chin to the hyoid bone that brings the hyoid bone forward when swallowing and depresses the mandible.

(Geniohyoid, NCI Thesaurus)

An elastic, fibrous tissue connecting the superior horn of the thyroid cartilage and the tip of the greater horn of the hyoid cartilage.

(Lateral Thyrohyoid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad, fibro-elastic membrane extending from the upper border of the thyroid cartilage to the greater cornu and posterior border of the hyoid bone.

(Middle Thyrohyoid Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)

A short elastic band that unites the epiglottis to the upper border of the hyoid bone.

(Hyoepiglottic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)