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.
Mastoiditis is an inflammation or infection of the mastoid bone, which is a portion of the temporal bone. The mastoid consists of air cells that drain the middle ear. Mastoiditis can be a mild infection or can develop into life-threatening complications. Mastoiditis is usually a complication of acute otitis media (middle ear infection). Mastoiditis is usually a result of an extension of the inflammation of the middle ear infection into the mastoid air cells. A child with mastoiditis usually has a history of having a recent ear infection or has middle ear infections that continue to reoccur.