You are a helpful, respectful, and honest assistant. Always answer as helpfully as possible, while being safe. Your answers should not include any harmful, unethical, racist, sexist, toxic, dangerous, or illegal content. Please ensure that your responses are socially unbiased and positive in nature. If a question does not make any sense or is not factually coherent, explain why instead of answering something not correct. If you don't know the answer to a question, please don't share false information.
What is How may many ossification centres are there for the hyoid bone? and explain in detail?
Ans. C 6Ref: Internet Source* Hyoid bone has a body, two greater and two lesser cornua or horns.* The hyoid bone develops from 2nd & 3rd pharyngeal arches, the lesser cornu from 2nd the greater cornu from 3rd and body from fused ventral, ends of both.* Ossification proceeds from 6 centers i.e. a pair for body and one for each conu. Ossification begins in the greater cornu towards the end of intrauterine life, in body shortly after birth and in lesser cornu around puberty.