It lies below the body of the mandible, and extends, in a curved form, from the mastoid process to the symphysis menti.
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Krigbaum explained that males tend to be more robust in the brow ridge, the mastoid process behind the ear and the lower jaw.
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These nerves are located in the back of the head near in the suboccipital triangle along the line between the inion and the mastoid process.
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The surgeon decreases the angle (-25 degrees ) between the concha and the mastoid process of the head with sutures emplaced between the concha and the mastoid fascia
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For the Rinne test, a vibrating tuning fork ( typically 512 Hz ) is placed initially on the mastoid process behind each ear until sound is no longer heard.
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This space is subdivided into two large triangles by sternocleidomastoid, which passes obliquely across the neck, from the sternum and clavicle below, to the mastoid process and occipital bone above.
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The mastoid portion is continued below into a conical or pyramidal projection, the mastoid process, the size and form of which vary somewhat; it is larger in the male than in the female.
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Between the mandible and the mastoid process it ensheathes the parotid gland the layer which covers the gland extends upward under the name of the parotideomasseteric fascia and is fixed to the zygomatic arch.
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The digastric muscle stretches between the mastoid process of the cranium to the mandible at the chin, and part-way between, it becomes a tendon which passes through a tendinous pulley attached to the hyoid bone.
