part of part of develops from develops from contributes to morphology of temporal bone styloid process of temporal bone http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Gray137.png SCTID:138874009 Disease notes: Eagle's syndrome styloid process UBERON:0003960 temporal styloid process processus styloideus ossis temporalis Wikipedia:Temporal_styloid_process styloid process of petrous part of temporal bone FMA:52877 processus styloideus Slender needle-like pointed projection that runs downward and slightly forward from the base of the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone where it joins the tympanic portion; it gives attachment to the styloglossus, stylohyoid, and stylopharyngeus muscles and the stylohyoid and stylomandibular ligaments. EMAPA:36320 processus styloideus ossis temporalis Reichert's cartilage bony projection splanchnocranium neural crest-derived structure