The lower part of the temporal bone of the skull. Jutting from the lower part of the mastoid bone is a bony projection called the mastoid process. The mastoid bone is honeycombed with air cells, which are connected to a great cavity called the mastoid antrum in the upper part of the mastoid. The m...
Synonym for mastoid process ... The nipple-like projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone. ... Synonym: processus mastoideus, mastoid bone, temporal apophysis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
mastoid part of temporal bone.
Type: Term Synonyms: mastoid process