The Hyoid is a small,
U-shaped bone located just inferior to the mandible.
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Like cormorants but unlike other birds, darters use their Hyoid bone to stretch the gular sac in display.
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The Hyoid is the single bone in the body that does
not form a joint with another bone- it is a floating one.
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The Hyoid is the only bone in the body that does
not form a joint with any other bone- it is a floating bone.
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Muscles surrounding the Hyoid bone contract to store elastic energy in springy connective tissue,
and actually"shoot" the Hyoid bone out of the mouth, thus elongating the tongue.
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In cat species that roar the Hyoid apparatus is not entirely made of bone
but retains some parts as cartilage, while cat species that purr have a Hyoid that is completely bony.