| styloid | 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the styloid process. <anatomy> Styloid process, a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals. Origin: Style: cf. F. Styloide, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| styloid cornu | The shorter and more medial of the two processes on either side of the hyoid bone. Synonym: cornu minus ossis hyoidei, styloid cornu. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid process of fibula | The pointed upper end of the fibular head to which is attached the arcuate popliteal ligament and part of the biceps femoris tendon. Synonym: apex capitis fibulae, styloid process of fibula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid process of radius | A thick, pointed, palpable projection on the lateral side of the distal extremity of the radius. Synonym: processus styloideus radii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid process of temporal bone | A slender pointed projection running downward and slightly forward from the base of the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone where it joins the tympanic portion; it gives attachment to the styloglossus, stylohyoid, and stylopharyngeus muscles and the stylohyoid and stylomandibular ligaments. Synonym: processus styloideus ossis temporalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid process of third metacarpal bone | A pointed projection from the dorsolateral angle of the base of the third metacarpal bone; it sometimes exists as a separate ossicle. Synonym: processus styloideus ossis metacarpalis III. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid process of ulna | A cylindrical, pointed palpable projection from the medial and posterior aspect of the head of the ulna, to the tip of which is attached the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist. Synonym: processus styloideus ulnae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloid prominence | A rounded eminence on the posterior (mastoid) wall of the tympanic cavity corresponding to the base of the styloid process. Synonym: prominentia styloidea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| styloiditis | Inflammation of a styloid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radial styloid tendovaginitis | Fibrosis of the sheath of a tendon of the thumb. Synonym: radial styloid tendovaginitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sheath of styloid process | A crest of bone (edge of the tympanic portion of the temporal bone) running from the front and medial side of the mastoid process to the spine of the sphenoid; it splits to ensheath the base of the styloid process. Synonym: vagina processus styloidei, vaginal process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ulnar styloid erosions | <radiology> Seen in rheumatoid arthritis, related to: triangular fibrocartilage, prestyloid recess (of joint space), extensor carpi ulnaris tendon (12 Dec 1998) |