Preferred Label : mastoid process of temporal bone;
Uberon definition : The mastoid process is a conical prominence projecting from the undersurface of the
mastoid portion of the temporal bone. It is located just behind the external acoustic
meatus, and lateral to the styloid process. Its size and form vary somewhat; it is
larger in the male than in the female. This process serves for the attachment of the
posterior belly of the digastric, sternocleidomastoid, splenius capitis, and longissimus
capitis muscles. The word is derived from the Greek 'masto-', alluding to its resemblance
to the breast.;
Uberon synonym : mastoid process of skull; mastoid process;
Uberon related term : mastoid; processus mastoideus ossis temporalis;
Origin ID : 0011220;
UMLS CUI : C0446908;
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The mastoid process is a conical prominence projecting from the undersurface of the
mastoid portion of the temporal bone. It is located just behind the external acoustic
meatus, and lateral to the styloid process. Its size and form vary somewhat; it is
larger in the male than in the female. This process serves for the attachment of the
posterior belly of the digastric, sternocleidomastoid, splenius capitis, and longissimus
capitis muscles. The word is derived from the Greek 'masto-', alluding to its resemblance
to the breast.
