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This is a bone that is not attached to any other bone in the human body directly –

This is a bone that is not attached to any other bone in the human body directly – Correct Answer Hyoid

Option 4 is correct, i.e. Hyoid.

  • The hyoid bone is a horseshoe-shaped bone which is situated at the root of the tongue in the front of the neck and between the lower jaw, the largest cartilage of the larynx, or voice box, and the thyroid cartilage.
  • The function of the hyoid bone is to serve as an anchoring structure for the tongue.
  • The hyoid bone is the only bone that is a free-floating bone in the whole body.
  • It is the bone that is connected through ligament and muscles but the hyoid bone does not connect with any other bone directly.
  • The main function of Hyoid bone is to serve as an anchoring structure for the tongue.
  • It is also called as a free-floating bone.

Note: Femur is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

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