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Q: What is the small bone at the base of the tongue called?
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What is the movable base of the tongue?

hyoid bone


What is the scientific name for tongue bone?

There is no such thing called Tongue Bone. Tongues do NOT have bones.


What is the hyoid?

The hyoid is a small curved bone that does not attach to any other bone in the body and is connected to the tongue.


What is the unattached bone below the mandible called?

Hyoid bone. It supports the tongue and serves as an attachment for muscles that move the tongue and function in swallowing.


Is their a bone in your tongue?

No, there is no bone in your tongue. The tongue is a muscle, and only a muscle.


Small bone of large bone is called?

The small, long bones of the digits are called


What is the name bone of the tongue of the tongue?

There is no bonw in the tongue. The tongue is pure muscle


What bone supports the tongue?

The hyoid bone supports the tongue and serves as an attachment for muscles the move the tongue and have part in the function of swallowing. :)


What is the small bone located at the base of the spinal column?

coccyx


Is the phalanx classified as a short bone?

It is technically a long bone, has head, base and diaphysis. It is small, but is technically a long bone.


What is bone under tongue?

The hyoid bone


What are the functions for the suprahyoid and infrahyoid muscles?

the suprahyoid muscles, so called because they are located superior to the hyoid bone, and (2) the infrahyoid muscles, named for their position inferior to the hyoid bone. Both groups of muscles stabilize the hyoid bone, allowing it to serve as a firm base on which the tongue can move