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.
Dr Henry Knipe â et al. The styloid process (or styloid part of the squamous temporal bone) is a slender pointed part of temporal bone. It projects inferiorly and anteriorly from the inferior surface of the temporal bone. It serves as an anchor point for several muscles associated with the tongue and larynx: styloglossus muscle.