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ChristyNCole1ChristyNCole1 member
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what muscle manipulates the hyoid bone??

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  • lovebug_slplovebug_slp
    hyoglossus?  is that a choice?
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  • ChristyNCole1ChristyNCole1 member
    See my book says that that is the muscle that depresses the tounge. The options I have that relate to the hyoid bone are: Digastic, Stylohyoid, Mylohyiod, Geniohyoid, Sternohyiod, Sternothyroid, Omohyoid, and Thyrohyoid... but none of them say that it manipulates it. They all say that it just moves it around.
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  • lovebug_slplovebug_slp

    yeah technically I think it does control the sides of the tongue....hmmmmm

    maybe digastic 

    The digastric muscle has two bellies, as the name implies. One belly extends from the chin to the hyoid bone, and the other continues from the hyoid bone to the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. Depending on which belly contracts and whether fixator muscles are stabilizing the position of the hyoid bone, the digastric muscle can open the mouth by depressing the mandible, or it can elevate the larynx by raising the hyoid bone.

    UGH, I don't miss Anatomy at ALL!

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  • championmamachampionmama

    You've just taken me back 8 years.  Are you going to school to be a speech path?

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  • ChristyNCole1ChristyNCole1 member
    Nope I'm working on my BSN (Nursing) now! Did you guys have to learn this for speech path?
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  • lovebug_slplovebug_slp
    yep! Good luck with your degree.  Sorry I wasn't any more helpful!
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  • ChristyNCole1ChristyNCole1 member
    Oh no, you were a big help, thank you! I think you are actually right so I'm going with that one!
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  • championmamachampionmama

    the belly of the digastric is something I not so fondly remember from my A&P class.  The professor who taught (using that term very loosely) that class keeps popping into my head with all of those muscles and cartilages.

     Good Luck!

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  • lovebug_slplovebug_slp
    no problem!  I'm glad I could help with some of my left over useless information about the muscles of the oral cavity! Wink
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  • ChristyNCole1ChristyNCole1 member

    Haha I know - I keep thinking when will I ever need to know this one. Oh well maybe one day I can help someone out too with that question!

     What did you get your degree in?

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  • lovebug_slplovebug_slp
    I have a M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology.
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