5 example sentences using hyoid.
Hyoid used in a sentence
Hyoid in a sentence as a noun
94% of cases of suicidal hangings do NOT break the hyoid.
Neanderthals had the FOXp2 gene, and a hyoid bone, so they might have had language.
>The breaking of the hyoid bone is, in fact, not uncommon in hangings.
Hyoid in a sentence as an adjective
The find includes many previously unknown skeletal elements from the Pliocene hominin record, including a hyoid bone that has a typical African ape {hominid} morphology.
TL;DR: Analysis of a neanderthal hyoid bone indicated that neanderthals did not posses a series of air sacs, common to apes, that preclude complex vocal speech, and thus were mechanically capable of producing sounds comparable in complexity to human language.
Hyoid definitions
noun
a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
adjective
of or relating to the hyoid bone