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.

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Meanings

nounstylohyoid ligament (plural stylohyoid ligaments)

plural stylohyoid ligaments

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