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styloid process of temporal bone

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slender needle-like pointed projection that runs 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 [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_styloid_process ]

Term info

Label

styloid process of temporal bone

Synonyms
  • processus styloideus
  • processus styloideus ossis temporalis
  • styloid process
  • styloid process of petrous part of temporal bone
  • temporal styloid process
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
processus styloideus [ FMA : 52877 FMA : TA ]

latin term
processus styloideus ossis temporalis [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_styloid_process ]

comment

Disease notes: Eagle's syndrome

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray137.png

has related synonym

processus styloideus ossis temporalis

id

UBERON:0003960