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Yes. The mastoid process is a bump of bone on the temporal bones. You can feel it by gently rubbing back and forth right behind your ear lobes.
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The mastoid process is located on which bone?
The mastoid process is part of the temporal bone of the skull, and is the lump that can be felt just behind the ear.
Which bone houses the mastoid sinus?
the mastoid process of the temporal bone
The projection of the temporal bone is the?
Mastoid process
Where in the body is the mastoid bone?
The purpose of the mastoid process is to function as an attachment for particular muscles of the neck. It is situated in the posterior part of the temporal bone.
Bony process posterior to the earlobe?
That would be the Mastoid Process which is a condyle, or protuberance It could be the Zygomatic process, or the temporal process, but that is a little more superior to the ear lobe
What is the definition of mastoid?
Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear., Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.
What is the bone behind your ear called?
A skull (very funny) the bone behind your ear is called the mastoid process. the mastoid bone is the most posterior part of the temporal bone of your skull.
The mastoid belongs to what region of the body?
The mastoid is a part of the side (temporal bone) of the skull.
Where in the body would you find the mastoid bone?
The temporal bone in the skull.
What bone contains the mastoid styloid and zygomatic processes?
Temporal bone.
What is the temporal part of the bone that can be seen and felt as a prominent lump just posterior to the ear?
This part is called as mastoid process. Besides it lies a styloid process. There are air cells inside the mastoid process.
What has the author Lewis E Etter written?
Lewis E. Etter has written: 'Glossary of words and phrases used in radiology, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound' -- subject(s): Dictionaries, Medical Radiology 'Roentgenography and roentgenology of the middle ear and mastoid process' -- subject(s): Ear, Mastoid process, Radiography, Temporal bone 'Roentgenography and roentgenology of the temporal bone, middle ear, and mastoid process' -- subject(s): Ear, Mastoid process, Radiography, Temporal bone 'Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names and Allusions in the Works of English Authors' 'Atlas of roentgen anatomy of the skull' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Atlases, Radiography, Regional Anatomy, Skull, Surgical and topographical Anatomy, Temporal bone
