Definition of Mastoid. Meaning of Mastoid. Synonyms of Mastoid

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Definition of Mastoid

Mastoid
Mastoid Mas"toid, a. [Gr. ?; ? the breast + ? form: cf. F. masto["i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.

Meaning of Mastoid from wikipedia

- The mastoid part of the temporal bone is the posterior (back) part of the temporal bone, one of the bones of the skull. Its rough surface gives attachment...
- sternum (sterno-) and the clavicle (cleido-) and has an insertion at the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the skull. The sternocleidomastoid muscle...
- with the mastoid cells and anteriorly with the epitympanic recess of the middle ear via the aditus to mastoid antrum (entrance to the mastoid antrum)....
- The mastoid cells (also called air cells of Lenoir or mastoid cells of Lenoir) are air-filled cavities within the mastoid process of the temporal bone...
- CT and MRI can be used to ****ess for ****ociated complications, such as mastoid effusion, subperiosteal abscess formation, bony destruction, venous thrombosis...
- H00–H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa VIII H60–H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process IX I00–I99 Diseases of the circulatory system X J00–J99 Diseases...
- The mastoid foramen is a hole in the posterior border of the temporal bone. It transmits an emissary vein between the sigmoid sinus and the suboccipital...
- The mastoid lymph nodes (retroauricular lymph nodes or posterior auricular glands) are a small group of lymph nodes, usually two in number, located just...
- inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process. The mastoid process is the portion of the temporal...
- consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but...