Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In vertebrate anat., the distal bony element of the second post-oral visceral arch, or hyoidean apparatus, represented in human anatomy by the so-called body of the hyoid bone, bearing two pairs of horns or cornua; in general, the basis or body proper of the hyoid arch; the basihyoid. See cut under
skull . - noun In ichthyology, the segment of the branchiostegal arch next to the basibranchial and urohyal. It is generally double, or composed of two pieces on each side.
- Relating to the basis or body of the hyoid bone or hyoid arch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.
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- noun anatomy Either of two small
bones that form the body of the invertedhyoid arch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The specimens had “… teeth on the basihyal bone, as in Salmo purpuratus, which they otherwise resemble.”
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The specimens had “… teeth on the basihyal bone, as in Salmo purpuratus, which they otherwise resemble.”
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The specimens had “… teeth on the basihyal bone, as in Salmo purpuratus, which they otherwise resemble.”
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The specimens had “… teeth on the basihyal bone, as in Salmo purpuratus, which they otherwise resemble.”
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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He points out that between the clavicles (_cleithra_) and the hyoid bone (_basihyal_) in fishes there is a long median bone
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The right, great cornu is shown extending backwards from the body of the Hyoid and terminating beneath the letters Ep.Fig. 40 -- Extracranial portion of hyoidean apparatus of Dog, front views sh, stylohyal; eh, epihyal; ch, ceratohyal (these three constitute the "anterior cornu"); bh, basihyal, or "body" of hyoid; th, thyrohyal, or "posterior cornu."
The Common Frog 1874
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Remnants of the basihyal, tympanohyals, and stylohyal bones can be identified on the ventral surface of the basicranium
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