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Tubercle of Hyoid Bone (Left)
Skeletal System

Tubercle of Hyoid Bone (Left)

Tuberculum ossis hyoidei

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Description

The tubercles are the two expanded, posterior ends of the greater horns of hyoid bone. On its corresponding side, each tubercle of hyoid bone provides an attachment site for a lateral thyrohyoid ligament.

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