A Point of Attachment for Muscles That Rotate or Extend

Question

A point of attachment for muscles that rotate or extend the head is the
A) styloid process.
B) mastoid process.
C) palatine process.
D) coronoid process.
E) zygomatic process.

Accepted Answer

The mastoid process is a protrusion on the temporal bone of the skull and is the attachment point for several muscles that rotate or extend the head, including the sternocleidomastoid and splenius capitis muscles. None of the other choices are attachment points for these muscles.