hyoquadrate process

A projection on the suboccular arch, ventral to the muscular process, that serves as the articulation point for the lateral process of the ceratohyal of the hyobranchial skeleton.

Type Muscle
Parent Structure palatoquadrate cartilage

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What is the hyoquadrate process?
A projection on the suboccular arch, ventral to the muscular process, that serves as the articulation point for the lateral process of the ceratohyal of the hyobranchial skeleton.

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