Radio-anatomic data concerning the hyoid bone and its dynamics

Senecail, B.; Delmas, A.

Bulletin de l'Association des Anatomistes 60(171): 809-820

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0376-6160
PMID: 1030257
Document Number: 105100
The study of the human hyoid bone made from anatomic sections, X-ray pictures and cine fluoroscopy showed its variable positions during speech articulation, which varied according to the kind of phoneme, from single horizontal or vertical translation to sinusoidal movements allowed by the stylohoid suspension. The hyoid bone plays a role in speech articulation and may have been a factor in its appearance.

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