This village southeast of Natchitoches was the last home of the Natchez Indians after they were defeated by the French in 1731. This village was not established until the Texas and Pacific Railroad came through in 1938. Natchez, Louisiana is the gateway to the Cane River National Heritage Area. Population: 434 Town Hall (318) 352-1414.
6. The mastoid process is an inferior extension of the petrous temporal bone of the skull and provides a structural function as an anchor point for the large muscles of the neck.It contains multiple air cells that develop from a single main cavity (the antrum), after the age of about 2.he infective process causes inflammation of the mastoid and surrounding tissues and may lead to bony destruction. 1  Classic, or acute, mastoiditis is a rare complication of acute otitis media (AOM).
mastoid process a conical projection at the base of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. maxillary process. 1. maxillary prominence. 2. a bony process descending from the ethmoid process of the inferior nasal concha. nursing process see nursing process. odontoid process a toothlike projection of the axis that articulates with the atlas. pterygoid process either of the two processes of the sphenoid bone, descending from the points of junction of the great wings and the body of the bone, and each consisting of a lateral and a medial plate.