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

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

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 is small; in monkeys it is wanting.

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson