Talk:Hyoid bone
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what is the function of the hyoid bone in swallowing?
please put a diagram of some kind to indicate where in the head/neck this bone is located. The diagram of the bone itself is very nice, but where is it in the body?
Just as a guess, it looks like the jaw bone. anyone know for sure?
- It's in the neck, at the base of the tongue. -- Dominus 13:12, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
Can someone (with more expertise/authority) review and add the following: "The hyoid bone is unique to humans. As the tongue attaches to the hyoid, it is considered a necessary anatomy for human's complex verbal communication.
What is this bone's function in language? It seems that someone should point out the functionality of this bone. The "Discovery" channel discussed this bone in showing that the Neanderthal could talk as a result of the shape of this bone. Does anyone know more about this?67.35.126.14 04:47, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
- perhaps the shape is unique in humans, I don't know, but I'm pretty sure the bone is found in other mammals, such as dogs. Provophys 23:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I am wondering about the statement that it "is the only bone in the skeleton not articulated to any other bone." What about the patella? Yes, it has a ligament that extends to the tibia, but the hyoid bone has ligaments between it and the styloid processes. Or are you saying the patella articulates with the femur (which it does)? I have another question: is the hyoid bone a sesamoid bone, like the patella? Did it form through intramembranous ossification? Provophys 23:23, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The hyoid bone (Lingual Bone) is a bone in the human neck
Only the human neck? I've heard that, at least, cats have it too. --Taraborn 16:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
- I moved the word "human" from "neck" to "skeleton". (...is a bone in the neck, and is the only bone in the human skeleton not articulated...) Other species have this bone, so it's not only in the human neck that it can be found, and humans are one of the few species of mammal that don't have a baculum (another "isolated" bone), which is why it makes sense to describe it as the only bone in the human skeleton that isn't articulated to any other bone. - ∅ (∅), 22:54, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
