Learner's definition of QUARRY. 1. : to dig or take (stone or other materials) from a quarry. â often used as (be) quarried. [+ object]. Limestone is quarried in this area. The stone used for these buildings was quarried from a nearby site.
The mastoid process is a conical prominence projecting from the undersurface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.It is located just behind the external acoustic meatus, and lateral to the styloid process.he mastoid process is a conical prominence projecting from the undersurface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.
What is mastoid surgery? The mastoid bone, part of the skull, lies right behind the ear lobe. Sometimes the cells of the mastoid bone, and/or the small bones (ossicles) inside the ear, are destroyed by chronic infection or a growth (cholesteatoma).When this happens, the affected mastoid cells may need to be removed (mastoidectomy).ometimes the cells of the mastoid bone, and/or the small bones (ossicles) inside the ear, are destroyed by chronic infection or a growth (cholesteatoma). When this happens, the affected mastoid cells may need to be removed (mastoidectomy).