A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . Fig. 25.—Section of Styloid Process in theAdult. a, Membrana tympani; b, Medullary cavity of thestyloid process ; c, Its superior extremity with theprotuberance on the posterior wall of the tympaniccavity. Fig. 24.—Styloid Processin the New-born Infant. a, Superior extremitypointed towards the pos-terior wall of the tympaniccavity; b, Club-like ex-tremity pointing back-wards ; c, Short cartilagi-nous process ; d, Inferiorextremity. eminentia stapedii. The rounded extremity of the club (b) is pointed back-wards, and rests in a cup-sha
A text-book of the diseases of the ear and adjacent organs . Fig. 25.—Section of Styloid Process in theAdult. a, Membrana tympani; b, Medullary cavity of thestyloid process ; c, Its superior extremity with theprotuberance on the posterior wall of the tympaniccavity. Fig. 24.—Styloid Processin the New-born Infant. a, Superior extremitypointed towards the pos-terior wall of the tympaniccavity; b, Club-like ex-tremity pointing back-wards ; c, Short cartilagi-nous process ; d, Inferiorextremity. eminentia stapedii. The rounded extremity of the club (b) is pointed back-wards, and rests in a cup-shaped depression of the mastoid antrum, directedforwards. This small cavity (^mm. in diameter) on the anterior portion ofthe mastoid cells I have found at different times in the macerated temporalbones of new-born infants, the superior extremity of the styloid process notyet having been ossified or united to the mastoid process on its posteriorboundary. So far as I know, this small, cup-shaped cavity of the mastoidprocess in the new-born infant was first
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