Thyrohyoid [Great horn]

Thyrohyoideum [Thyreo-, Cornu majus]

Definition

Stephan Mahler

The thyrohyoid is one of the components of the hyoid apparatus. It extends dorsocaudally from the basihyoid, with which it articulates, to the rostral horn of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx.

In dogs, the thyrohyoid is thin, laterally curved and sagittally flattened.

References

Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th Edition, MaxiPrim, Pertuis, 2020.

Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.

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