squamomastoid

squa·mo·mas·toid

(skwā'mō-mas'toyd),

Relating to the squamous and petrous portions of the temporal bone.

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squamomastoid

(skwā″mō-măs′toyd) [″ + Gr. mastos, breast, + eidos, form, shape]

Pert. to the squamous and mastoid portions of the temporal bone.

References in periodicals archive ?

Among the pneumatised mastoids on HRCT, different type of mastoid air cell groups observed were squamomastoid type of air cells in all, with perilabyrinthine type of air cells in 25%, petrous apex pneumatisation in 10% and accessory pneumatisation in 25%.

A comparative study of plain x-ray mastoids with HRCT temporal bone in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media

The primary regions of pneumatization of the temporal bone consist of the middle ear, squamomastoid (mastoid), perilabyrinthine, petrous apex, and accessory.