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Mastoid process

Known as: Processus mastoideus, Processes, Mastoid, Mastoid Bones 
A honeycombed section of bone located near the base of the skull, protruding behind the outer ear. It is connected to the middle ear.
National Institutes of Health

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Acute mastoiditisBlood supply aspectsBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Identification of sex using cranial base measurements.
It is well known that the skull provides elements for sex identification. Twenty-two bones form the cephalic cranium and they are… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Head and skull base features of nine Egyptian mummies: evaluation with high-resolution CT and reformation techniques.
OBJECTIVE CT is an indispensable imaging tool in the evaluation of Egyptian mummies because it can noninvasively generate large… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Temporal bone histopathology in chronically infected ears with intact and perforated tympanic membranes
Chronic suppurative otitis media has been clinically defined as a chronic discharge from the middle ear in the presence of a… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Short-latency auditory evoked potentials in the monkey. II. Intracranial generators.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Causes of failure of mastoidectomy for chronic otitis media.
The operative findings of 66 patients who underwent revision mastoid surgery for recurrent chronic otitis media were analyzed for… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Planar curve analysis of three-channel auditory brain stem response: a preliminary report
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Metastatic tumors in the temporal bone--a pathophysiologic study.
Nineteen temporal bones were examined from 11 patients who had metastatic temporal bone disease from a distant primary. The… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Colonial modern skeletal change in the U.S.A.
Eighty-two people dating from 1975 to 1879 compared with 182 modern middle-class White and Black skeletons test the myths of… 
Highly Cited
1943
Highly Cited
1943
MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE MIDDLE EAR AND THE MASTOID PROCESS
Any malignant neoplastic process involving the middle ear and the mastoid process has generally been considered almost a… 
Review
1934
Review
1934
OBSERVATIONS ON INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVENESS TO PAIN: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ABDOMINAL DISORDERS
For over thirty years I have been interested in the varying symptomatology of disease of the same kind occurring in different… 
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