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Styloid process
Meaning
Noun
●
In Skeleton:
A
slender
projection
of bone:
A
sharp
spine
that
projects
downward
and forward from the
inferior
surface
of the
temporal bone
just in
front of the
stylomastoid foramen
and that
is
derived
from
cartilage
of the second
pharyngeal
arch.
An
eminence
on the
distal
extremity
of the
ulna
projecting
from the
medial
and
posterior
part of the
bone
and
giving
attachment
to a
ligament
of the
wrist
joint.
A
conical
prolongation
of the
lateral surface
of the
distal
extremity
of the
radius
that
gives
attachment
to several
tendons
and ligaments.
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