Lesser horn of the hyoid bone

Study entry

Description

A small projection from the upper part of the body, near the greater horn, which points toward the styloid process.

Relations

It receives the stylohyoid ligament; joined to the body by fibrous tissue and sometimes to the greater horn by a synovial joint.

Source: cap. 9, «Hueso hioides»

Other structures in this region

• Squamous part of the frontal bone
• Orbital part of the frontal bone
• Glabella
• Superciliary arch
• Supraorbital margin
• Supraorbital foramen (notch)
• Frontal eminence
• Frontal crest