ceratohyal (seratohial)

and n. [ II. n. In an at .: (a) In mammals, including man, the le er cornu of the hyoid bone; that by which the bone is slung to the skull, situated at the junction of the greater cornu or thyrohyal with the body of the bone or basihyal. Flower. See cut under skull. (b) In birds, the corre ceratocricoideus.] I. a. In an at., connected with the inferior cornu of the thyroid cartilage and with the cricoid ring. II. n. An occasional muscle of the human larynx, connected with the posterior crico-arytenoid muscle, pa ing from the cricoid ring to the inferior cornu of the thyroid cartilage. Also keratocricoid . ceratocricoideus (ser"a-to-kri-koi'dē-us), n.; pl. ceratocricoidei (-1). [NL., toc rico ide us. Ceratoda (ser-a-tō'da), n. pl. [NL.,