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hyoid arch

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hyoid arch [′hī‚ȯid ‚ärch]
(embryology)
Either of the second pair of pharyngeal segments or gill arches in vertebrate embryos.


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The two structures of primary importance in the transition from agnathan (jawless) fish to gnathostomes were the mandibular arch (gill arch 2) and the hyoid arch (gill arch 3).
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