Open AccessElongated styloid process: A study
Author(s) -
Jinu Merlin Koshy,
M Nirmal Narayan,
Sankar Narayanan,
Bhargavi Priya,
Govindarajan Sumathy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.155861
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , population , process (computing) , medicine , anatomy , orthodontics , computer science , physics , astrophysics , environmental health , operating system
The styloid process (SP) on the temporal bone is a highly variable formation. The normal length of the SP ranges from 20 to 30 mm. In spite of its being normally distributed in the population, SPs could be divided into two groups - short SPs with >20 mm and long SPs with <20 mm in length. The SP is often denoted as elongated when it is longer than 30 mm or 33 mm. These dimensions, based on early reports, do not respect the natural variation of the SP. The aim of this study is to investigate the natural variation of the length of the SP.