The mastoid part of the temporal bone is the posterior (back) part of the temporal bone, one of the bones of the skull. Its rough surface gives attachment...

The mastoid cells (also called air cells of Lenoir or mastoid cells of Lenoir) are air-filled cavities within the mastoid process of the temporal bone...

with the mastoid cells and anteriorly with the epitympanic recess of the middle ear via the aditus to mastoid antrum (entrance to the mastoid antrum)....

The mastoid lymph nodes (retroauricular lymph nodes or posterior auricular glands) are a small group of lymph nodes, usually two in number, located just...

sternum (sterno-) and the clavicle (cleido-) and has an insertion at the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the skull. The sternocleidomastoid muscle...

The mastoid foramen is a hole in the posterior border of the temporal bone. It transmits an emissary vein between the sigmoid sinus and the suboccipital...

inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process. The mastoid process is the portion of the temporal...

include: Mastoides albocostatus (Westerlund, 1896) Mastoides obeliscus Schileyko, 2007 Mastoides orloffensis (Kobelt, 1905) MolluscaBase (2018). Mastoides Westerlund...

In the lateral part of the jugular fossa of the temporal bone is the mastoid canaliculus for the entrance of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve....

horizontal parietomastoid suture, which unites the mastoid process of the temporal with the region of the mastoid angle of the parietal bone. The term parietotemporal...

H00–H59 Diseases of the eye and adnexa VIII H60–H95 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process IX I00–I99 Diseases of the circulatory system X J00–J99 Diseases...

aditus to mastoid antrum (otomastoid foramen) is a large, irregular opening upon the posterior wall of the tympanic cavity by which the mastoid antrum (situated...

suprameatal pit, mastoid fossa, foveola suprameatica, or Macewen's triangle, through which an instrument may be pushed into the mastoid antrum. In the adult...

The stylomastoid foramen is a foramen between the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone of the skull. It is the termination of the facial...

Battle's sign, also known as mastoid ecchymosis, is an indication of fracture of middle cranial fossa of the skull. These fractures may be associated...

tympanica canaliculi chordæ) is situated in the angle of junction between the mastoid and membranous wall of tympanic cavity immediately behind the tympanic...

zygomatic bone. Posteroinferior to the squamous is the mastoid part. Fused with the squamous and mastoid parts and between the sphenoid and occipital bones...

Skull base surgery Study of diseases of the outer ear, middle ear and mastoid, and inner ear, and surrounding structures (such as the facial nerve and...

suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw. Its posterior belly is attached to the mastoid notch of temporal bone, and its anterior belly is attached to the digastric...

consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but...

where three cranial bones meet: the parietal bone. the occipital bone. the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. In the adult, it lies 4 cm behind and 12...

are several types of emissary veins including the posterior condyloid, mastoid, occipital and parietal emissary veins. There are also emissary veins passing...

provides sensory innervation to the skin over the parotid gland and the mastoid process, parts of the outer ear, and to the parotid gland and its fascia...

Problems. (H04.6) Lacrimal fistula (H05.81) Carotid cavernous fistula (H70.1) Mastoid fistula Craniosinus fistula: between the intracranial space and a paranasal...

the corrected auricle to the mastoid periosteum, the membrane covering the mastoid process at the underside of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone...

occipitotemporal suture, is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. It is continuous with the lambdoidal suture...

the posterior fontanelle. The mastoid angle is truncated; it articulates with the occipital bone and with the mastoid portion of the temporal, and presents...

CT and MRI can be used to assess for associated complications, such as mastoid effusion, subperiosteal abscess formation, bony destruction, venous thrombosis...

A mastoidectomy is a procedure performed to remove the mastoid air cells, air bubbles in the skull, near the middle ear. This can be done as part of treatment...

by air conduction to those transmitted by bone conduction through the mastoid. Thus, one can quickly screen for the presence of conductive hearing loss...