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styloid process
A pencil shaped, pointed process of bone that rests in the vaginal foramen of the temporal petrous, fusing with it in older individuals. It is the seat of attachment for the stylohyoid ligament.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Archaeology
- Category: Human evolution
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