Ulnar styloid process

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Bone: Ulnar styloid process
Bones of left forearm. Anterior aspect. (Styloid process of ulna labeled at bottom left.)
Latin processus styloideus ulnae
Gray's subject #52 218
Dorlands/Elsevier p_34/12667674

The styloid process of the ulna projects from the medial and back part of the bone; it descends a little lower than the head, and its rounded end affords attachment to the ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist-joint.

The head is separated from the styloid process by a depression for the attachment of the apex of the triangular articular disk, and behind, by a shallow groove for the tendon of the Extensor carpi ulnaris.

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