Wednesday 9 March 2016 08.02 EST First published on Tuesday 8 March 2016 23.38 EST. Bernie Sanders pulled off his biggest win of the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, defeating Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary on a night which also confirmed strong anti-establishment support for Donald Trump in the battle for the Republican nomination.
mastoid process a conical projection at the base of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. maxillary process. 1. maxillary prominence. 2. a bony process descending from the ethmoid process of the inferior nasal concha. nursing process see nursing process. odontoid process a toothlike projection of the axis that articulates with the atlas. pterygoid process either of the two processes of the sphenoid bone, descending from the points of junction of the great wings and the body of the bone, and each consisting of a lateral and a medial plate.
Movements at this joint are produced by the muscles of mastication, and the hyoid muscles. The two divisions of the temporomandibular joint have different functions. Protrusion and Retraction. The upper part of the joint allows protrusion and retraction of the mandible â the anterior and posterior movements of the jaw. The lateral pterygoid muscle is responsible for protrusion (assisted by the medial pterygoid), and the geniohyoid and digastric muscles perform retraction. Elevation and Depression.