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Hyoid bone fusion and bone density across the lifespan: prediction of age and sex
The hyoid bone supports the important functions of swallowing and speech. At birth, the hyoid bone consists of a central body and pairs of right and left lesser and greater cornua. Fusion of the greater cornua with the body normally occurs in adulthood, but may not occur at all in some individuals....
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27114259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9769-x |