A new approach using the hyoid bone uncovered distinct growth patterns. A new study has brought clarity to a long-running ...

Some of our bones are easy to see. The zygomatic bones that give our cheeks shape, the delicate phalanges of our fingers, and the bony bulbs that are our kneecaps all stand out from beneath the flesh.

At the base of your tongue lies one of the more enigmaticstructures in the human body, the hyoid bone. This horseshoe-shapedbone is the only one not directly connected to another. Locateddeep in the ...