Study of age of fusion of hyoid bone

Gupta, Atul; Kohli, Anil; Aggarwal, Narinder Kumar; Banerjee, Kalyan K.

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2008.03.002

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“…It has been noted that size and shape is modified by functional demands and is affected by the individual's sex (Kindschuh et al, 2010), age (Gupta et al, 2008;Urbanová et al, 2013a), ancestry (Kindschuh et al, 2010;Kindschuh et al, 2012) and to a lesser extent by body size parameters (Urbanová et al, 2013b).…”

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The Asymmetry and Modularity of the Hyoid Bone

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SUMMARY:Morphological variation is a result of interplay among multiple intervening factors. For hyoid bones, the shape and size differences have been scarcely covered in the literature and in majority limited to studies of sexual dimorphism or age dependency. To our knowledge, the human hyoid bone, in complete opposite to other cranial bones, has not been fully utilized to address development questions in terms of asymmetry or modularity. In the present paper, we used landmark-based methods of geometric morphometrics and multivariate statistical approach to study human hyoid morphology represented by the hyoid body and greater horns in a sample of 211 fused and non-fused bones. Within a sample variation analysis, we showed that the hyoid bone is, by nature, asymmetrical bone which exhibits both directional and fluctuating types of asymmetry and is composed of well-integrated anatomical elements for which the biomechanical load of attached muscles is the most determining factor of variation. Yet, the covariance and evidence of unequal amount of fluctuating asymmetry among modules suggests a certain degree of independence during early stages of development.

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The Asymmetry and Modularity of the Hyoid Bone

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“…There are also significant sex differences in hyoid shape. For example, the distal ends of the greater cornua of women are significantly longer than those of men [7,8].…”

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“…Some authors have reported that the fusion of hyoid bone occurs only after 40 years of age while other observed that the bone fused at an earlier age. Earlier works was on 170 excised hyoid bones from dead bodies belonging to the age group of 20-65 years of Indian origin [6]. Hence, the present study was planned to analyze the fusion of hyoid bone in different age-groups.…”

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Analysis of the Fusion of Hyoid Bone in Different Age-Groups

Sahani¹,

Modi²

2018

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“…It is a normal feature in many hyoid bones, especially in the younger age group. In the older age group especially when there is a unilateral nonfusion, it can be misinterpreted as a fracture (6,7).…”

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