Unlike other bones, it is not directly attached to any surrounding bones, only muscles. The hyoid bone provides a place of attachment for several anterior (front) neck muscles. The muscles that ...

The bone poked through her throat and became embedded in her neck muscles. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When a woman in ...

The tongue is a muscle-based organ that sits against the floor of the mouth and goes back into the pharynx. It’s attached to the jaw, the hyoid bone in the neck, and the skull, extending back ...

We note that the pattern of neck muscles (red in Fig. 1) is far more conserved than the ossification modes of the shoulder bones to which these muscles are attached (Fig. 1; pale grey regions are ...