| Temporal styloid process | |
|---|---|
 Right side of the skull. Styloid process shown in red | |
_with_label.png) Right temporal bone and mandible (styloid process labeled at bottom) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | processus styloideus ossis temporalis |
| TA98 | A02.1.06.047 |
| TA2 | 683 |
| FMA | 52877 |
| 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[1] just below the ear.[citation needed] The styloid process gives attachments to several muscles, and ligaments.
- ^ Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. p. 737. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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