Definition of Stylomastoid. Meaning of Stylomastoid. Synonyms of Stylomastoid

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Definition of Stylomastoid

Stylomastoid
Stylomastoid Sty`lo*mas"toid, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.

Meaning of Stylomastoid from wikipedia

- facial nerve, and stylomastoid artery. Facial nerve inflammation in the stylomastoid foramen may cause Bell's palsy. The stylomastoid foramen is between...
- The stylomastoid artery enters the stylomastoid foramen and supplies the tympanic cavity, the tympanic antrum and mastoid cells, and the semicircular...
- vertical) segment (from pyramidal eminence to stylomastoid foramen) extratemporal segment (from stylomastoid foramen to post parotid branches) The motor...
- bone of the skull. It extends between the internal acoustic meatus and stylomastoid foramen. It transmits the facial nerve (CN VII) (after which it is named)...
- the neck, the posterior auricular artery issues the stylomastoid artery which enters the stylomastoid foramen to provide arterial supply to the facial nerve...
- mastoid processes is the stylomastoid foramen; it is the termination of the facial canal, and transmits the facial nerve and stylomastoid artery situated between...
- angle to the squama. The mastoid portion is at first flat, with the stylomastoid foramen and rudimentary styloid immediately behind the tympanic ring...
- branch point of the facial nerve (extratemporal) after it leaves the stylomastoid foramen. This division takes place within the parotid gland. Commonly...
- tympanic plexus.: 749 : 366  The cells receive arterial supply from the stylomastoid branch of the occipital artery or posterior auricular artery, and (sometimes)...
- supplied by the anterior tympanic branch of the maxillary artery; the stylomastoid branch of the posterior auricular artery; the petrosal branch of middle...