label: Elongated temporal styloid process
label_lc: elongated temporal styloid process
description: "The length of the temporal styloid process is above the upper limit of normal. The styloid process is a cylindrical, slender, needle-like projection of varying lengths averaging 2 to 3 cm. The styloid process projects from the inferior part of the petrous temporal bone and offers attachment to the stylohyoid ligament and the stylohyoid, stylopharyngeus, and styloglossus muscles."