Definition of Styloid. Meaning of Styloid. Synonyms of Styloid

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Definition of Styloid

Styloid
Styloid Sty"loid, a. [Style + -oid: cf. F. stylo["i]de, Gr. ?.] 1. Styliform; as, the styloid process. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process. Styloid process (Anat.), a long and slender process from the lower side of the temporal bone of man, corresponding to the tympanohyal and stylohyal of other animals.

Meaning of Styloid from wikipedia

- Look up styloid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In anatomy, a styloid process (from Gr**** stylos (στῦλος), "pillar"), usually serving as points of...
- The styloid process of the ulna is a bony prominence found at distal end of the ulna in the forearm. The styloid process of the ulna projects from the...
- The radial styloid process is a projection of bone on the lateral surface of the distal radius bone. The radial styloid process is found on the lateral...
- The temporal styloid process is a slender bony process of the temporal bone extending downward and forward from the undersurface of the temporal bone...
- syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, styloid syndrome, stylalgia, styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) is an uncommon condition...
- The distal end of the radius forms two palpable points, radially the styloid process and Lister's tubercle on the ulnar side. Along with the proximal...
- depending on the position of the forearm. It is attached to the distal styloid process of the radius by way of the brachioradialis tendon, and to the...
- tuberosity to which muscles attach. Close to the wrist, the ulna has a styloid process. Near the elbow, the ulna has two curved processes, the olecranon...
- The third metacarpal styloid process enables the hand bone to lock into the wrist bones, allowing for greater amounts of pressure to be applied to the...
- This arthritis can worsen over time. Displaced fractures of the ulnar styloid base ****ociated with a distal radius fracture result in instability of...