styloid process

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.

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Etymology

Origin of styloid process

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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

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

Stylomastoid foramen—This small opening is located between the styloid process and mastoid process.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The styloid process, as has already been pointed out, is frequently broken in association with Colles' and other fractures of the lower end of the radius.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander