Identifier: horseitstreatm05axej (find matches)
Title: The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London, Gresham Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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Os Hyoides or Tongue Bone. — This bone is situated in the region of the throat, and is composed of five distinct pieces. One is formed like a spur, having a short, pointed process projecting forward, and embedded in the root of the tongue, and the heel - like branches directed backwards to be connected with the larynx or upper part of the windpipe. The others, two flat slender pieces on either side (superior and inferior cornua), are united together and attached above to the petrous temporal bone at the base of the cranium by means of a short rod of cartilage. The several parts composing the bone are joined together by articulations, some of which form free-moving joints, to which the extreme mobility of the tongue is due.
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Fig. 291.—The Hyoid Bone and the Larynx
A, Superior or Long Conu of Os Hyoides. B, Inferior or Short Cornu. C, Thyroid or Heel-like Process. D, Spur Process. E, Epiglottis. F, Glottis. G, Cricoid Cartilage. H, Thyroid Cartilage. I, First Ring of Trachea. J, Arytenoid Cartilage.

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