epihyal bone

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• Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …   Medical dictionary

• epihyal — the deep, endochondral bone at the upper end of the hyoid arch below the interhyal. It joins the hyomandibular and the symplectic through the interhyal, and articulates with the ceratohyal by a suture in some fishes, e.g. Gadidae. May bear a… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• epihyal — Above the hyoid arch. * * * epi·hy·al .ep ə hī əl n an element of the hyoid arch that in humans is the stylohyoid ligament and in many vertebrates forms a distinct bone …   Medical dictionary

• epihyal — ˈhīəl noun ( s) Etymology: epi + hyoid + al : an element of the hyoid arch lying between the stylohyal and the ceratohyal that in man is the stylohyoid ligament and in many vetebrates forms a distinct bone …   Useful english dictionary

• Temporal bone — Bone: Temporal bone Cranial bones …   Wikipedia

• dorsal cerathyal — epihyal (the deep, endochondral bone at the upper end of the hyoid arch below the interhyal. It joins the hyomandibular and the symplectic through the interhyal, and articulates with the ceratohyal by a suture in some fishes, e.g. Gadidae. May… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• posterohyal — epihyal (the deep bone at the upper end of the hyoid arch below the interhyal. May bear a dentigerous plate. Also called dorsal ceratohyal. May or may not be homologous with the epal element of the branchial arches) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… …   Medical dictionary

• Stylohyoid ligament — Infobox Ligament Name = PAGENAME Latin = ligamentum stylohyoideum, ligamentum stylohyoideus GraySubject = 112 GrayPage = 392 Caption = Muscles of the neck. Anterior view. Caption2 = From = styloid process (temporal) To = hyoid bone MeshName =… …   Wikipedia

• Ceratohyal — Cer a*to*hy al, a. [Gr. ke ras horn + the letter [Upsilon].] (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. n. A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ceratohyal — the endochondral bone articulating dorsally with the interhyal, anteriorly supporting some branchiostegal rays and ventrally joining one or two hypohyals. The ceratohyal and the epihyal are two ossification centres of the same bone and should… …   Dictionary of ichthyology