text: The<unk>  is a conical prominence projecting from the undersurface of the<unk>  portion of the temporal bone. It is located just behind the external acoustic meatus, and lateral to the styloid<unk> . Its size and form vary somewhat; it is larger in the male than in the female.
  This<unk>  serves for the attachment of the Digastric, Sternocleidomastoid, Splenius capitis, and Longissimus capitis muscles.
  The word is derived from the Greek 'masto-', alluding to its resemblance to the breast.
option_0: Mastoid process
option_1: Ethmoid bone
option_2: Gyrus
option_3: Lacrimal bone
option_4: Outer ear
option_5: Occipital bone
option_6: Dental alveolus
option_7: Frontal bone