Definition of Styloids. Meaning of Styloids. Synonyms of Styloids

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Definition of Styloids

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 Styloids 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 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...
- 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...
- syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, styloid syndrome, stylalgia, styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) is an uncommon condition...
- 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...
- Styloid Peak is the unofficial name of a 6,972-foot (2,125-metre) mountain summit located in North Cascades National Park in Skagit County of Washington...
- 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...
- is also known as ulnar deviation which moves the hand towards the ulnar styloid (or, towards the little finger). Abduction of the wrist is also called...
- squamous part, anterior to the mastoid part, and superior to the styloid process. The styloid, from the Gr**** stylos, is a phallic shaped pillar directed inferiorly...