Stylohyoid ligament
Muscles of the neck. Anterior view.
Details
Fromstyloid process (temporal)
Tohyoid bone
Identifiers
Latinligamentum stylohyoideum
TA98A03.1.01.003
TA21567
FMA72308
Anatomical terminology

The stylohyoid ligament is a ligament that extends between the hyoid bone, and the temporal styloid process (of the temporal bone of the skull).

Anatomy

Attachments

It attaches at the lesser horn of hyoid bone[1][2] inferiorly, and (the apex of[1]) the styloid process of the temporal bone[1][2] superiorly.

The ligament gives attachment to the superior-most fibres of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle.[1]

Relations

The ligament is adjacent to the lateral wall of the oropharynx.[1]

Inferiorly, it is adjacent to th hyoglossus.[1]

Clinical significance

The stylohyoid ligament frequently contains a little cartilage in its center, which is sometimes partially ossified in Eagle syndrome.[3]

Other animals

In many animals, the epihyal is a distinct bone in the centre of the stylohyoid ligament, which is similar to that seen in Eagle syndrome.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 392 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 581. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 White, Tim D.; Black, Michael T.; Folkens, Pieter A. (2012-01-01), White, Tim D.; Black, Michael T.; Folkens, Pieter A. (eds.), "Chapter 6 - Hyoid and Vertebrae", Human Osteology (Third Edition), San Diego: Academic Press, pp. 129–147, ISBN 978-0-12-374134-9, retrieved 2021-01-06
  3. ↑ Waldman, Steven D. (2014-01-01), Waldman, Steven D. (ed.), "Chapter 14 - Eagle Syndrome", Atlas of Uncommon Pain Syndromes (Third Edition), Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 35–36, ISBN 978-1-4557-0999-1, retrieved 2021-01-06

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