See Also: processus styloideus ossis temporalis(medicine)
processus styloideus ossis metacarpalis III(medicine)
processus zygomaticus ossis temporalis(medicine)
processus styloideus radii(medicine)
processus styloideus ulnae(medicine)
processus temporalis(medicine)
tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis(medicine)
eminentia articularis ossis temporalis(medicine)
incisura jugularis ossis temporalis(medicine)
pars tympanica ossis temporalis(medicine)

processus styloideus ossis temporalis (medicine)


processus styloideus ossis temporalis -->
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.