Lab 23 - Image 1
Ventrolateral view of a fresh tissue head. The hyoid apparatus provides an attachment platform for the tongue and larynx. Hyoid bones are: stylohyoid (1), epihyoid (2), ceratohyoid (3), thyrohyoid (4), and basihyoid (5), the latter is the only unpaired hyoid bone. Also identify: thyroid cartilage of the larynx (6), cricothyroideus m. (7), and the trachea (8). Find the auricular cartilage (9) and annular cartilage (10) of the ear. Locate the mandible (11) and mandibular symphysis (12).