Temporal styloid process

Temporal styloid process
Right side of the skull. Styloid process shown in red
Right temporal bone and mandible (styloid process labeled at bottom)
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Identifiers
Latinprocessus styloideus ossis temporalis
TA98A02.1.06.047
TA2683
FMA52877
Anatomical terms of bone

The temporal styloid process is a slender bony process of the temporal bone extending downward and forward from the undersurface of the temporal bone just below the ear. The styloid process gives attachments to several muscles, and ligaments.

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