SPECIAL MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE HYOID BONE OF CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS

Document Type : Research article

Authors

Dept. of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Vet. Med. Mosul University, Iraq, Assiut Univ.

Abstract

The hyoid bone of the camel is described mor phologically in details and compared with those of other domesticated animals. It is evident in this investigation tbat there is no lingual process in the hyoid bone of the camel. The epihyoids of the camel are long and resemble the thyrohyoids.