Match the anatomical terms with their corresponding colloquial terms. Place the letter on the appropriate blank.

The digastric (anterior belly), mylohyoid, and geniohyoid muscles that pull down on the mandible:

This is the central mass of the tongue that underlies surface features.

The hard palate is made up of the  bone and the bone.

The thyroid cartilage:

Contraction of the cricothyroid muscle:

These supplemental laryngeal muscles originate below the hyoid bone.

The primary biological function of the larynx is to:

Which of the following statements is true of both bone and cartilage?

Melanocytes produce the brown pigment melanin.