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Description
The body is the horizontal, quadrilateral, centrally located part of the hyoid bone. It is continuous:
—posterolaterally, with both the right and left greater horns of hyoid bone;
—superolaterally, with both the right and left lesser horns of hyoid bone.
The body of hyoid bone consists of anterior and posterior surfaces, and superior and inferior borders.
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