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Full Text. The hyoid bone is a horseshoe shaped bone found in the neck. Located anteriorly between the mandible and the thyroid cartilage, the hyoid bone protects the esophagus and also facilitates the wide range of muscle activity required for speaking and swallowing. It is visible upon extension of the neck.
A translucent bluish-white type of cartilage present in the joints, the respiratory tract, and the immature skeleton. Example sentences. 1  Therefore the cartilage tissue resembles fibroelastic cartilage instead of hyaline cartilage which makes up most of the normal laryngeal cartilaginous structures except epiglottis.2  Fibrocartilage has characteristics similar to both dense connective tissue and hyaline cartilage. Fibrocartilage has characteristics similar to both dense connective tissue and hyaline cartilage. 2  Early results seem to indicate that the probe has sufficient sensitivity to detect mechanical differences in hyaline cartilage compared with fibrous cartilage.