DeCS

Descriptor English:

Hyoid Bone

Descriptor Spanish:

Hueso Hioides

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	hueso hioides
Entry term(s)	hueso lingual
Scope note:	Hueso móvil en forma de U que se encuentra en la parte anterior del cuello a la altura de la tercera VÉRTEBRA CERVICAL. El hueso está suspendido de la apófisis de los HUESOS TEMPORALES mediante ligamentos y se une firmemente al CARTÍLAGO TIROIDES mediante músculos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Osso Hioide

Descriptor French:

Os hyoïde

Entry term(s):

Os de la langue
Os lingual

Tree number(s):

A02.835.232.409

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006928

Scope note:

A mobile U-shaped bone that lies in the anterior part of the neck at the level of the third CERVICAL VERTEBRAE. The hyoid bone is suspended from the processes of the TEMPORAL BONES by ligaments, and is firmly bound to the THYROID CARTILAGE by muscles.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

7107

Unique ID:

D006928

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2018/06/29