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styloid process of temporal bone
A slender, needle-like projection of the temporal bone, projecting anteriorly & inferiorly from the base of the petrous portion of the temporal bone on either side.
It gives attachment to:
1) styloglossus
2) stylohyoid
3) stylopharyngeus
Related
styloglossus
stylohyoid muscle
styloid process of radius (radial styloid process)
styloid process of ulna (ulnar styloid process)
stylopharyngeus
General
bony process
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Component-of
temporal bone
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