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. Mastoiditis is an infection of the mastoid process, the portion of the temporal bone of the skull that is behind the ear. It is usually caused by untreated acute otitis media (middle ear infection) and used to be a leading cause of child mortality.