Stylohyoid ligament

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

Stylohyoid ligament
Muscles of the neck. Anterior view.
Details
Fromstyloid process (temporal)
Tohyoid bone
Identifiers
Latinligamentum stylohyoideum
TAA03.1.01.003
FMA72308
Anatomical terminology

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 sometimes partially ossified (known as Eagle syndrome), and in many animals forms a distinct bone, the epihyal.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 392 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

    Additional images
    • Ossified stylohyoid ligament or elongated styloid process
    • Diagram at occup-med.com
    • "Anatomy diagram: 25420.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.
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