Its parts include the square and flat body, and two each of the greater cornua and lesser cornua.
Its parts include the square and flat body, and two each of the greater cornua and lesser cornua. The lesser cornu is small and conical, and from the medial side of its base arises the Chondroglossus. The cranial surface of the greater cornu is the origin of the Constrictor pharyngis medius. Suspended from the tips of the styloid processes of the temporal bones by ligaments, FTP, name this bone named for its "U" shape, which serves as the anchoring structure for the tongue.
Its parts include the square and flat body, and two each of the greater cornua and lesser cornua.
hyoideum or lingual bone