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).
Depending on the specific condition in patientâs ear, an operation on the mastoid bone to control infection may be done, together with a procedure to restore hearing. This procedure is called a tympanomastoidectomy. The mastoid is a honeycomb cavity in the temporal bone, which lies directly behind the ear and is connected to the middle ear space. When a hole arises in the eardrum due to previous injury or infection, or when a long-standing infection persists with tissue in the middle ear or mastoid, mastoid surgery often becomes necessary to alleviate this infection. This part of the procedure is called mastoidectomy. The procedure used to restore or retain hearing is called a tympanoplasty. âTympanumâ refers to the middle ear cavity; âplastyâ means ârepair ofâ; thus âtympanoplasty.â