styloid process of temporal bone
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Styloid process — In anatomy, a styloid process (from Greek stylos , pillar ), usually serving as points of attachment for muscles, refers to the slender, pointed process (protrusion) of : * temporal bone of the skull Styloid process (temporal) * radius bone of… … Wikipedia
Temporal bone — Bone: Temporal bone Cranial bones … Wikipedia
styloid process — n any of several long slender pointed bony processes: as a) a sharp spine that projects downward and forward from the inferior surface of the temporal bone just in front of the stylomastoid foramen and that is derived from cartilage of the second … Medical dictionary
Styloid process — Styloid Sty loid, a. [Style + oid: cf. F. stylo[ i]de, Gr. ?.] 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. [1913 Webster] {Styloid process} (Anat.), a long and slender process from the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Temporal styloid process — Infobox Bone Name = Styloid process (temporal) Latin = processus styloideus ossis temporalis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 145 Caption = Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Styloid process visible at center bottom.) Caption2 = External and middle… … Wikipedia
Temporal bone — A large irregular bone situated at the base and side of the skull. The temporal bone consists of three parts (squamous, tympanic and petrous) which are distinct at birth but then fuse. The petrous part of the temporal bone contains the… … Medical dictionary
styloid process — noun extends from the base of the temporal bone • Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage • Part Holonyms: ↑temporal bone, ↑os temporale … Useful english dictionary
temporal bone — noun a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear • Syn: ↑os temporale • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Part Holonyms: ↑cranium, ↑braincase, ↑brainpan … Useful english dictionary
styloid process — Anat. a long, spinelike process of a bone, esp. the projection from the base of the temporal bone. See diag. under skull. [1700 10] * * * … Universalium
temporal bone — either of a pair of bones of the cranium. The squamous portion forms part of the side of the cranium. The petrous part contributes to the base of the skull and contains the middle and inner ears. Below it are the mastoid process, styloid process … The new mediacal dictionary
