Styloid (disambiguation)

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 10 Apr 2024

Styloid is an anatomic term that refers to a thin, slender and pointed bony structure resembling a stylus or pen. Apart from the classic styloid process of the temporal bone, elsewhere the bony process is often just pointed and not very slender or long at all.

Styloid processes are described in the:

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