stylohyoid ligament

The stylohyoid ligament is a ligament that extends between the hyoid bone, and the temporal styloid process (of the temporal bone of the skull). Anatomy Attachments It attaches at the lesser horn of hyoid bone inferiorly, and (the apex of) the styloid process of the temporal bone superiorly. The ligament gives attachment to the superior-most fibres of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle.