See Also: styloid process of temporal bone(medicine)
styloid process of third metacarpal bone(medicine)
zygomatic process of temporal bone(medicine)
sheath of styloid process(medicine)
styloid process of ulna(medicine)
styloid process of radius(medicine)
styloid process of fibula(medicine)
temporal process(medicine)
Temporal bone(medicine)
Bone, temporal(health)

styloid process of temporal bone (medicine)


styloid process of temporal bone


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.

Synonym: processus styloideus ossis temporalis.