styloid process
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of styloid process
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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Eagle syndrome occurs when a piece of bone called a styloid process, which extends from the skull into the ear, presses on or irritates adjacent structures, including the glossopharyngeal nerve.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
About 4 percent of the population has an elongated styloid process — considered to be longer than about an inch — but only 4 percent of them develop a problem as a result.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
The shaft portions of both the ulna and radius have an interosseous border, whereas the distal ends of each bone have a pointed styloid process.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The scaphoid and lunate bones articulate directly with the distal end of the radius, whereas the triquetrum bone articulates with a fibrocartilaginous pad that spans the radius and styloid process of the ulna.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ulna terminates below in a head and a styloid process; these articulate with the two last bones of the first row of the carpus—viz., the cuneiform and pisiform.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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