Word Meanings - THYROHYOID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

Related words: (words related to THYROHYOID)

• CARTILAGE
  A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See
• THYROIDEAL
  Thyroid.
• THYROID
  Of or pertaining to the thyroid body, thyroid cartilage, or thyroid artery; thyroideal. Thyroid cartilage. See under Larynx. -- Thyroid body, or Thyroid gland , a glandlike but ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor
• HYOIDEAL; HYOIDEAN
  See A
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• HYOID
  Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself. Hyoid arch , the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull.
• LARYNX
  The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx
• SUBHYOIDEAN
  Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.
• STERNOHYOID
  Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
• GENIOHYOID
  Of or pertaining to the chin and hyoid bone; as, the geniohyoid muscle.
• FIBROCARTILAGE
  A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.
• CRICOTHYROID
  Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.
• MANDIBULOHYOID
  Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch, or situated between them.
• ICHTHYOID; ICHTHYOIDAL
  Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.
• OMOHYOID
  Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; as, the omohyoid muscle.
• THYROHYOID
  Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.
• INFRAHYOID
  See
• SUPRAHYOID
  Hyomental.
• MYLOHYOID
  Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve.
• PETROHYOID
  Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.