“Hyoid bone fractures are one of those types of injuries you may see with compression of the neck. Just above your larynx (voice box) and tucked under your chin, is your hyoid bone. The hyoid bone is often described as “free floating” — muscles and ligaments run off it but it is not attached to other bones. He found that the hyoid bone was not fractured in two-thirds of the homicide cases reviewed in the study. As Baden told TV’s “Fox and Friends,” he discovered that one side of Epstein’s hyoid bone and some cartilage were broken.
Source: thestar March 16, 2021 09:00 UTC