styloid process
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of styloid process
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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
That scan revealed a styloid process that was just over an inch long.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2015
Compared to the styloid process of the ulna, the styloid process of the radius projects more distally, thereby limiting the range of movement for lateral deviations of the hand at the wrist joint.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The lateral end of the radius has a pointed projection called the styloid process of the radius.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Digastric.—This muscle arises from the styloid process of the occipital bone and from the jugular process; it thence passes downwards and forwards, and terminates variously, in different species.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
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