11. A small percentage of the population will suffer from an elongation of the styloid process and stylohyoid ligament calcification. 12. The enlarged styloid may be visible on an orthopantogram or a lateral soft tissue X ray of the neck. 13. The index finger is placed below the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand ( radial styloid ). 14. In vascular eagle syndrome, the elongated styloid process comes in contact with the internal carotid artery below the skull. 15. An elongated or deviated styloid process can result from calcification of the stylohyoid ligament in a condition known as Eagle syndrome. 16. The first pharyngeal arch forms maxillary and styloid process of the temporal bone, the lesser cornu and the hyoid bone. 17. The tissues in the throat rub on the styloid process during the act of swallowing with resulting pain along the glossopharyngeal nerve. 18. The injury is typically caused by compression of the scaphoid bone of the hand against the styloid process of the distal radius. 19. "' Chauffeur's fracture "'is a type of fracture of the forearm, specifically the radial styloid process. 20. Clement suffered a small fracture of the ulnar styloid bone near his wrist in Friday night's 27-17 preseason victory over Tennessee.
