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 (Bone behind the Ear): Anatomy. The mastoid process anatomy comprises complex structures. It is located behind the ear, and is known as the C1 bone of the spinal vertebral level. The mastoid process bone itself is in the shape of a pyramid that projects behind the temporal bone.