Styloid Process

Styloid Process

“What is the styloid process? A detailed question and answers guide”

Question 1. Styloid process
Answer:

• It is a long, slender and pointed bony process
• Projects downwards, forward and slightly medially from temporal bone
• It contains five attachments: two ligaments and three muscles

Situation:

• Anteromedial to mastoid process
• Descends between external and internal carotid artery and reaches side of pharynx
• Interposed between parotid gland and internal jugular vein

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Question 2. Styloid apparatus.
Answer:

• Styloid process with its attached structures is called styloid apparatus

Styloid process:

• It is a long, slender and pointed bony process
• Projects downwards, forward and slightly medially from temporal bone
  It contains five attachments: two ligaments and three muscles

Ligaments of styloid process:

• Stylomandibular and stylohyoid

Muscles of styloid process:

• Styloglossus
• Stylohyoid
• Stylopharyngeus

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Question 3. Ligament of Berry
Answer:

• It is suspensory ligament of pretracheal fascia
• It supports the thyroid gland and prevents it from sinking
• It provides slippery surface for free movements of the trachea during swallowing
• The thyroid gland and all thyroid swelling move upon deglutition due to attachment of thyroid to larynx
  by it.

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Question 4. Deep cervical lymph nodes
Answer: