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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.
1 is a form of connective tissue transitional between dense connective tissue and hyaline cartilage. 2  Chondrocytes may lie singly or in pairs, but most often they form short rows between dense bundles of collagen fibres. 3  In contrast to other cartilage types, collagen type I is dominant in fibrous cartilage.lastic Cartilage. 1  occurs in the epiglottic cartilage, the corniculate and cuneiform cartilage of the larynx, the cartilage of the external ear and the auditory tube. 2  corresponds histologically to hyaline cartilage, but, in addition, elastic cartilage contains a dense network of delicately branched elastic fibres.