stylohyoid ligament

English

Noun

stylohyoid ligament (plural stylohyoid ligaments)

1. (anatomy) A band of fibrous tissue connecting the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the ceratohyal of the hyoid bone.

References

• “stylohyoid ligament”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.