Investigation of Morphology of the Hyoid Bone According to Age and Gender With Multidetector Computarized Tomography

 In our study, we aimed 200 cases were evaluated for the length, width and angle of hyoid bone and its distance from certain anatomical structures.

 This study was perfomed retrospectively in 2010 - 2013 on 200 CT images. 3D volume rendering images of pure hyoid bone were created from the axial CT images in 1 mm slice thickness. In our study, 200 cases (94 female, 106 male) were evaluated for the length, width and angle of hyoid bone and its distance from certain anatomical structures.

 In our study, differences in the length and width measurements of the body were observed just until the 20-29 age group, the measurements were found to be statistically major in men than women. Relationship between cervical vertebrae and hyoid varies; it was found to be located between C3-C4 up to 29 years old. As age grows it descends to the C4 level and after that, it remains constant at this level.

 By associating this bone with a bunch of surrounding structures, measurements were performed and by comparing these measurements with results of similar.