Right side of the skull. Styloid process shown in red
Right temporal bone and mandible (styloid process labeled at bottom)
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Identifiers
Latin
processus styloideus ossis temporalis
TA98
A02.1.06.047
TA2
683
FMA
52877
Anatomical terms of bone
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The temporal styloid process is a slender bony process of the temporal bone extending downward and forward from the undersurface of the temporal bone[1] just below the ear.[citation needed] The styloid process gives attachments to several muscles, and ligaments.
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The temporalstyloidprocess is a slender bony process of the temporal bone extending downward and forward from the undersurface of the temporal bone just...
stylopharyngeus muscle is a muscle in the head. It originates from the temporalstyloidprocess. Some of its fibres insert onto the thyroid cartilage, while others...
squamous part, anterior to the mastoid part, and superior to the styloidprocess. The styloid, from the Greek stylos, is a phallic shaped pillar directed inferiorly...
Reichert's cartilage also forms the styloidprocess of the temporal bone. The cartilage between the hyoid bone and styloidprocess will not remain as development...
is one of the suprahyoid muscles. Its originates from the styloidprocess of the temporal bone; it inserts onto hyoid bone. It is innervated by a branch...
between the temporal and the occipital. The mastoid process is located posterior and inferior to the ear canal, lateral to the styloidprocess, and appears...
between these laminæ is the styloidprocess, a sharp spine, about 2.5 cm. in length between the styloid and mastoid processes is the stylomastoid foramen;...
part of the temporal bone is a curved plate of bone lying below the squamous part of the temporal bone, in front of the mastoid process, and surrounding...
exiting the skull the branchial motor fibers descend deep to the temporalstyloidprocess and wrap around the posterior border of the stylopharyngeus muscle...
African H. ergaster and Asian H. erectus. Like H. ergaster, the temporalstyloidprocess just below the ear is fused to the base of the skull. The brow...
bilaterally paired muscle of the tongue. It originates at the styloidprocess of the temporal bone. It inserts onto the side of the tongue. It acts to elevate...
jugular vein (IJV) between the C1 vertebrae transverse process and the temporalstyloidprocess. Treatments like venous stenting and styloidectomy have...
The stylomastoid foramen is a foramen between the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone of the skull. It is the termination of the facial...
into a strong band extending between the angle of the jaw and the temporalstyloidprocess, forming the stylomandibular ligament. It is complemented by the...
named for its two bellies. Its posterior belly rises from the mastoid process of the cranium and slopes downward and forward. The anterior belly arises...
fascia around the neck. It extends from near the apex of the styloidprocess of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the...
apex of the styloidprocess.[citation needed] The artery passes superior-ward in beneath the parotid gland and styloidprocess of temporal bone. Next,...
process of the temporal bone - between the mastoid process and the styloidprocess of the temporal bone).[citation needed] It extends anteroinferiorly...
diagram), joining the styloidprocess to the tensor veli palatini. These two compartments are named the pre-styloid and post-styloid (retrostyloid) compartments...
anterolaterally to mastoid process of temporal bone with its attached sternocleidomastoid and digastric muscles, styloidprocess of temporal bone with its three...
superiorly to the mandible, and the tympanic plate, styloidprocess and mastoid process of the temporal bone. The parotid fascia reduces in thickness anteroposteriorly;...
(anterior) from the parotid region (posterior), and runs from the styloidprocess to the angle of the mandible; it separates the parotid and submandibular...
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structure in the second branchial arch from which develop the temporalstyloidprocesses, the stylohyoid ligaments, and the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone...
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