The terminal segment in the chain of skeletal elements of the hyoid apparatus. One of a pair of rods of cartilage that connect the hyoid bone to the styloid process of the petrous part of the temporal bone. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/tympanohyoid ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
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Subclass of:
- pharyngeal arch cartilage
- connects some hyoid bone
- connects some styloid process of temporal bone
- part of some hyoid apparatus