Landmark · Skeletal system
Lesser horn of hyoid bone
Cornu minus ossis hyoidei
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head, Neck, Trunk
- Landmark on
- Hyoid bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lesser horns are two small, conical eminences, attached by their bases to the angles of junction between the body and greater horns of the hyoid bone.
They are connected to the body of the bone by fibrous tissue, and occasionally to the greater horns by distinct diarthrodial joints, which usually persist throughout life, but occasionally become ankylosed.
The lesser horns are situated in the line of the transverse ridge on the body and appear to be continuations of it.
The apex of each horn gives attachment to the stylohyoid ligament; the chondroglossus rises from the medial side of the base.
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Names
- Latin
- Cornu minus ossis hyoidei
- English
- Lesser horn of hyoid bone
- French
- Petite corne
- Spanish
- Cuerno menor del hueso hioides
- Portuguese
- Corno menor de osso hióide