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.
Mastoid process Function. It acts as an important site of attachment for the following muscles present in the neck: 1  Longissimus capitis. 2  Splenius capitis. 3  Digastric posterior belly.4  Sternocleidomastoid.astoid process Location. It is located behind the external acoustic meatus and lateral to the styloid process. In simpler words, as a part of the skull, the conical prominence is situated just behind the ears. The vertebral level of this bone is C1.