styloid
- adjective
- /ˈstaɪlɔɪd/
- Specialized
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estilóideo
- In anatomical diagrams, the styloid structures are often depicted as slender and elongated.
- styloid process
- elongated styloid
- resection of the styloid
Examples
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Numerous therapeutic approaches, both conservative and invasive, have been used to treat Eagle syndrome in the setting of an elongated styloid process.
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The styloid process is a bony outgrowth of the temporal bone that extends, by means of the styloid ligament, toward the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone.
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Based on these findings, the patient was scheduled for resection of the styloid processes via a transoral approach.
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Photograph shows a representative specimen obtained by transcervical resection of the styloid process in this study.
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Several imaging modalities of the cervical region have been used to identify an elongated styloid process.
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The styloid process is skeletonized during surgical resection via the transoral approach.
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The styloid process on the left was 41.5 mm (Figure 1, A), and the styloid process on the right was 42.5 mm (Figure 1, B).
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Five of the six patients had undergone transcervical resection of the styloid process; the remaining patient had been offered surgical treatment and declined.
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Eagle syndrome represents a constellation of symptoms, most notably facial pain, that is believed to be related to an elongated styloid process.
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The estimated length of the styloid processes on preoperative 3-D CT in this case correlated well with the actual length measured intraoperatively.
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Synonyms
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A thing with a sharp tip
Long, very thin, and pointed like a needle
A shape that is pointed, gets narrow, and ends in a sharp tip
Compounds
- Specialized
A slender, pointed part of a bone at the base of the skull that muscles attach to
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Morphology
Etymology
Styloid comes from an old Greek root styl- meaning 'pillar' or 'stake' and the ending -oid meaning 'like'. Think of a small pillar or the pointed tip of a stylus, a thin writing tool, so styloid means 'like' a thin, pointed shape and is used for slender, pencil-like parts in the body.