Anatomy of the hyoid bone in camel (Camelus dromedarius)


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Authors

  • R K JAIN
  • PAWAN KUMAR
  • A N GUPTA

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Anatomy of the hyoid bone in camel (Camelus dromedarius)

Abstract

The hyoid bone of camel consisted ofa body (basihyoideum) and 4 pairs of cornua. viz. thyroid cornu (thyrohyoideurn), small cornu (ceratohyoideum), middle cornu (epihyoideum) and great cornu (stylohyoideum). The basihyoideum had no lingual process, however, a small tubercle was observed in place of lingual process. The stylohyoideum was the largest and the longest while the epihyoideum and thyrohyoideum were almost of the same length. The ceratohyoideum was the smallest.

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Author Biographies

  • R K JAIN
    Associate Professor, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004 India
  • PAWAN KUMAR
    Assistant Professor,CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004 India
  • A N GUPTA
    Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy and Histology.
    CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004 India

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Vol. 72 No. 3 (2002)

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JAIN, R. K., KUMAR, P., & GUPTA, A. N. (2014). Anatomy of the hyoid bone in camel (Camelus dromedarius). The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 72(3). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37470