The position of the middle finger over the styloid process indicates the condition of the middle of the body including the stomach, spleen, and liver. From Wordnik.com. [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference
styloid process of radius is higher than styloid process 135. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
If the bone, the ulnar styloid, is removed, it'll likely end his season. From Wordnik.com. [NBCSports.com: Sports] Reference
Opponens pollicis. c. fracture of the radial styloid (chauffeur's fracture) d. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
One procedure would involve reattaching the fractured bone, the ulnar styloid. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Sometimes the styloid process of the third metacarpal is detached and forms an additional ossicle. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6b. 3. The Phalanges of the Hand] Reference
To inject iodoform, the needle is inserted immediately below the radial or the ulnar styloid process. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
About the fourth year, a center appears in the middle of the head, and soon extends into the styloid process. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 4. The Ulna] Reference
# -- The most important landmarks in the region of the wrist are the styloid processes of the radius and ulna. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
From its cartilage are developed the styloid process, stylohyoid ligament, and lesser cornu of the hyoid bone. From Wordnik.com. [I. Embryology. 12. The Branchial Region] Reference
The radial styloid is displaced forward, upward, and to the radial side, and the ulnar styloid may be torn off. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Each consists of five parts, viz., the squama, the petrous, mastoid, and tympanic parts, and the styloid process. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
When the forearm is pronated another prominence, the head of the ulna, appears behind and above the styloid process. From Wordnik.com. [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 11. Surface Anatomy of the Upper Extremity] Reference
The ulna should be cut obliquely, leaving the base of the styloid process, and removing all the cartilage-covered portion. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
It is a fibrous cord, which is attached to the tip of the styloid process of the temporal and the lesser cornu of the hyoid bone. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 5c. The Supra- and Infrahyoid Muscles] Reference
In this movement the carpal bones rotate on a transverse axis drawn between the tips of the styloid processes of the radius and ulna. From Wordnik.com. [III. Syndesmology. 6g. Intercarpal Articulations] Reference
When reduction is complete, the deformity disappears, and the two styloid processes regain their normal positions relative to one another. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
Tenderness over the position of the ulnar styloid may indicate fracture of that process, although it is sometimes present without fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
From the part which passes under the parotid gland a strong band extends upward to the styloid process, forming the stylomandibular ligament. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 5b. The Lateral Cervical Muscles] Reference
The wound extended from the styloid process directly across to the trapezium, dividing all the muscles and blood-vessels, cutting through bones. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The styloid process is slender, pointed, and of varying length; it projects downward and forward, from the under surface of the temporal bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
The hyoid bone is shaped like a horseshoe, and is suspended from the tips of the styloid processes of the temporal bones by the stylohyoid ligaments. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5b. 9. The Hyoid Bone] Reference
The fibers end above the middle of the forearm in a flat tendon, which is inserted into the lateral side of the base of the styloid process of the radius. From Wordnik.com. [IV. Myology. 7e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Forearm] Reference
In fractures of the lower third of the shaft, the hand may be flexed toward the radial side, and the styloid lies at a higher level, as in a Colles 'fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The carpus is carried to the radial side by the upward rotation of the distal fragment, and the radial styloid is as high, or even higher, than that of the ulna. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The medial part of the lower border is thin and sharp; its lateral part splits to enclose the root of the styloid process, and is therefore named the vaginal process. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
Less frequently they take origin in the second cleft, and lie below the mastoid process, in which case the cyst is adherent either to the mastoid or to the styloid process. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The tip of the radial styloid is palpable in the "anatomical snuff-box" between the tendons of the long and short extensors of the thumb, and it lies about half an inch lower than the ulnar styloid. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
While an assistant draws up the skin as much as possible, the surgeon makes an accurate circular incision through the skin, about an inch below the styloid processes, just grazing the thenar and hypothenar eminences. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
The ulnar styloid is best recognised on making deep pressure a little below and in front of the head of the ulna, which forms the rounded subcutaneous prominence seen on the back of the wrist when the hand is pronated. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
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