- Stylomastoid foramen
Infobox Bone
Name = Stylomastoid foramen
Latin = foramen stylomastoideum
GraySubject = 34
GrayPage = 144
Caption =Base of skull . Inferior surface. Pink region is temporal bone, and stylomastoid foramen is in black circle at center of pink region.
Caption2 = Lefttemporal bone . Inferior surface. (Stylomastoid foramen is third label from the bottom on the left.)
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Between the styloid and mastoid processes of thetemporal bone is the stylomastoid foramenIt is the termination of the
facial canal , and transmits thefacial nerve andstylomastoid artery .Clinical Relevance
Bell's palsy can result from inflammation of thefacial nerve where it leaves the skull at the stylomastoid foramen. Patients with Bell's palsy appear with facial drooping on the affected side.
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