Question

Surface for attachment of tongue is

• A. Palatine
• B. Sphenoid
• C. Pterygoid
• D. Hyoid apparatus

Answer 1

The correct option is D Hyoid apparatus

• A single U-shaped bone which is present at the base of the buccal cavity is called as Hyoid. Hyoid bone occurs in the skull.
  
• The hyoid bone is also called and lingual or tongue bone. The term hyoid apparatus refers to the bones of the tongue.
  
• The primary function of the hyoid bone is to serve as an anchoring structure for the tongue. Hence surface for attachment of tongue is Hyoid apparatus.
• So, the correct answer is 'Hyoid apparatus'.