Slender needle-like pointed projection that runs 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. [ MP:0008023 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_styloid_process ]
Synonyms: styloid process processus styloideus styloid process of petrous part of temporal bone temporal styloid process processus styloideus ossis temporalis
Term information
- Wikipedia:Temporal_styloid_process
- SCTID:138874009
- FMA:52877
- EMAPA:36320
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Term relations
- bony projection
- endoderm-derived structure
- neural crest-derived structure
- develops from some Reichert's cartilage
- part of some temporal bone
- part of some splanchnocranium
- contributes to morphology of some temporal bone