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stylohyoid ligament

stylohyoid ligament noun: a band of fibrous tissue connecting the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the ceratohyal of the hyoid bone.

Noun

stylohyoid ligament (plural stylohyoid ligaments)

  1. A band of fibrous tissue connecting the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the ceratohyal of the hyoid bone.

Forms of stylohyoid ligament

pluralstylohyoid ligaments

Questions about stylohyoid ligament

What does stylohyoid ligament mean?
Stylohyoid ligament means a band of fibrous tissue connecting the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the ceratohyal of the hyoid bone.
What part of speech is stylohyoid ligament?
Stylohyoid ligament is a noun.
What is the plural of stylohyoid ligament?
The plural of stylohyoid ligament is stylohyoid ligaments.

Words near stylohyoid ligament in the dictionary

  1. stylographs
  2. stylography
  3. stylohyal
  4. stylohyals
  5. stylohyoid
  6. stylohyoid ligament
  7. stylohyoid ligaments
  8. stylohyoid muscle
  9. stylohyoid muscles
  10. stylohyoid syndrome
  11. stylohyoidei

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