short p. of the malleus

A projection of bone at the junction of the handle of the malleus with the neck, which pushes the membrana tympani in front of it and points toward the auditory canal. sphenoidal p. A p. which pa es upward, inward, and backward • from the posterior portion of the vertical plate of the palate bone, spinous p. of a vertebra. The p. which projects backward in the middle line from the posterior portion of the arch of a vertebra, spinous p. of the sphenoid bone. A sharp p. which projects downward from the lower posterior portion of the great wing of the sphenoid bone, styloid p. A long, slender p., especially the styloid p. of the temporal bone, styloid p. of