Information about Styloid Process

Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia, from ἀνατέμνειν
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In anatomy, a process (Latin: processus) is a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body.

Examples

Examples of processes include:

• the mastoid process
• the xyphoid process

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The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull.

The temporal bone supports that part of the face known as the temple.

Parts

Each consists of five parts:

• Squama temporalis
• Mastoid portion
• Petrous portion
• Tympanic part

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The styloid process is pointed piece of bone that extends down from the human skull, just below the ear.

Structure

The styloid process is a slender pointed piece of bone just below the ear.
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The radius is the bone of the forearm that extends from the outside of the limb to the phlangx (lateral) of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist. The radius is situated on the lateral side of the ulna, which exceeds it in length and size.
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styloid process, which gives attachment by its base to the tendon of the Brachioradialis, and by its apex to the radial collateral ligament of the wrist-joint.

The lateral surface of this process is marked by a flat groove, for the tendons of the Abductor pollicis longus and
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The ulna (elbow bone) is a long bone, prismatic in form, placed at the medial side of the forearm, parallel with the radius.

Articulations

The ulna articulates with:

• the humerus, at the right side elbow as a hinge joint.

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The styloid process of the ulna projects from the medial and back part of the bone; it descends a little lower than the head, and its rounded end affords attachment to the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist-joint.
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