title: [Cleft formations between the body and the greater horn of the hyoid bone].
abstract: Clefts between the body and the greater horn of the hyoid bone are reconstructed graphically from histological sections of hyoid bones from children aged 5 months up to 7 a. In 3 cases, the cleft cranially is enclosed by perichondrium at the lateral and medial sides; caudally the perichondral tissue is continued by cartilage on the medial side. On the lateral side, the perichondrium reaches more caudally. In 1 case, the cleft is enclosed on its medial side by cartilage only. In all cases examined, the medial wall is thicker than the lateral. The formation of a joint cleft between the body and the greater horn of the hyoid bone seems to be predominant in the lateral and caudal parts of that diarthrosis.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D007223:Infant; D007596:Joints / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Spaltbildungen zwischen Corpus und Cornu maius ossis hyoidei.