stylohyoid ligament การใช้

• A small percentage of the population will suffer from an elongation of the styloid process and stylohyoid ligament calcification.
• An elongated or deviated styloid process can result from calcification of the stylohyoid ligament in a condition known as Eagle syndrome.
• The apex of each cornu gives attachment to the stylohyoid ligament; the chondroglossus rises from the medial side of the base.
• Imaging diagnostic techniques can identify a phlebolites, ectopic bone or cartilage, lymph nodes, granulomatous lesions or calcification of the stylohyoid ligament in the context of Eagle syndrome ( elongated styloid process ).
• Higher up, it is separated from the external carotid by the styloglossus and stylopharyngeus muscles, the tip of the styloid process and the stylohyoid ligament, the glossopharyngeal nerve and the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve.