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

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

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 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