Stylohyoid ligament

Ligament: Stylohyoid ligament
Muscles of the neck. Anterior view.
Latin	ligamentum stylohyoideum, ligamentum stylohyoideus
Gray's	subject #112 392
From	styloid process (temporal)
To	hyoid bone
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12493159

In connection with the stylohyoideus muscle a ligamentous band, the stylohyoid ligament, may be described.

It is a fibrous cord, which is attached to the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone and the lesser cornu (lesser horn) of the hyoid bone.

It frequently contains a little cartilage in its center, is often partially ossified(known as Eagle's Syndrome), and in many animals forms a distinct bone, the epihyal.

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  Ossified stylohyoid ligament or elongated styloid process

External links

• Diagram at occup-med.com
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.