No 27 The Hyoid bone

 
This is another in my ever-popular  series entitled “Anatomy for idiots”
 
 
How many bones does the human body have?
 
a)    206?
b)   270?
c)    It depends?
 
a)    This is generally considered to be the correct answer
 
b)   This the number you are generally  born with. Some fuse together later
 
c)    Nobody knows
 
 
Did you know you had a Hyoid?
 
The hyoid bone (lingual bone or tongue-bone) is a horseshoe-shapedbone situated in the anterior midline of the neck between the chin and the
thyroid cartilage
 

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