styloid process of temporal bone
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Related to styloid process of temporal bone: temporal process of zygomatic bone
sty·loid pro·cess of tem·po·ral bone
[TA]a slender needlelike pointed projection running downward and slightly forward from the base of the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone where it joins the tympanic portion; it gives attachment to the styloglossus, stylohyoid, and stylopharyngeus muscles and the stylohyoid and stylomandibular ligaments.
Synonym(s): processus styloideus ossis temporalis [TA]
sty·loid pro·cess of tem·po·ral bone
(stī'loyd pros'es tem'pŏr-ăl bōn) [TA]A slender, pointed projection running downward and slightly forward from the base of the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone where it joins the tympanic portion; it gives attachment to the styloglossus, stylohyoid, and stylopharyngeus muscles and the stylohyoid and stylomandibular ligaments.