apohyal
adjEtymology
From apo- + Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter Y”) + -al.
- derived from ὖ
Definitions
Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
The horn of the hyoid bone
The horn of the hyoid bone; ceratohyal.
- Each of these elongations is accompanied by a slender muscle, one end of which is attached to the tip of the apohyal and the other to the lower jaw, so that by its contraction the loop is straightened and the tongue thrust out:
- The proximal of these is a small nodule of bone, .3 inch long, articulating below with the basihyal; it is called the "apohyal" by Pouchet, but, according to the nomenclature now ordinarily employed, must really be the cerato-hyal .
The neighborhood
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