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What division of the skeleton is the hyoid bone a part of

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Answer: The axial skeleton

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The hyoid bone (hyoid) is a small U-shaped (horseshoe-shaped) solitary bone situated in the midline of the neck anteriorly at the base of the mandible and posteriorly at the fourth cervical vertebra.

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