diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.test.tsx b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.test.tsx
index 639117d33..63d49a8e3 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.test.tsx
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ describe("UiShell", () => {
       <UiShell
         appComponent={<div />}
         appRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
-        emotionRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
         onSubscriptionCreated={() => {}}
+        stylesRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
         subscribeToPropChanges={subscribeToPropChanges}
       />,
     );
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ describe("UiShell", () => {
       <UiShell
         appComponent={<div />}
         appRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
-        emotionRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
         onSubscriptionCreated={() => {}}
+        stylesRootElement={document.createElement("div")}
         subscribeToPropChanges={subscribeToPropChanges}
       />,
     );
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.tsx b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.tsx
index 4c6a8067b..d25f7af6f 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.tsx
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/UiShell.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { ErrorBoundary, ErrorBoundaryProps } from "react-error-boundary";
 import { SideNav, type SideNavProps } from "../labs/SideNav";
 import { TopNav, type TopNavProps } from "../labs/TopNav";
 import { OdysseyProvider } from "../OdysseyProvider";
-import { ShadowDomElements } from "../web-component/shadow-dom";
+import { type ReactRootElements } from "../web-component";
 
 const appContainerStyles = {
   flexGrow: "1",
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export type UiShellProps = {
   subscribeToPropChanges: (
     subscriber: (componentProps: SetStateAction<UiShellComponentProps>) => void,
   ) => () => void;
-} & ShadowDomElements;
+} & ReactRootElements;
 
 /**
  * Our new Unified Platform UI Shell.
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ export type UiShellProps = {
 const UiShell = ({
   appComponent,
   appRootElement,
-  emotionRootElement,
   onError = console.error,
   onSubscriptionCreated,
   optionalComponents,
+  stylesRootElement,
   subscribeToPropChanges,
 }: UiShellProps) => {
   const [componentProps, setComponentProps] = useState(defaultComponentProps);
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const UiShell = ({
   return (
     <ErrorBoundary fallback={appComponent} onError={onError}>
       <OdysseyProvider
-        emotionRootElement={emotionRootElement}
+        emotionRootElement={stylesRootElement}
         shadowRootElement={appRootElement}
       >
         <div style={uiShellContainerStyles}>
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/renderUiShell.tsx b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/renderUiShell.tsx
index 2bc8e9e74..72a997278 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/renderUiShell.tsx
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/ui-shell/renderUiShell.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export const renderUiShell = ({
         <UiShell
           appComponent={<slot />}
           appRootElement={shadowDomElements.appRootElement}
-          emotionRootElement={shadowDomElements.emotionRootElement}
           onError={onError}
           onSubscriptionCreated={publishSubscriptionCreated}
           optionalComponents={Object.fromEntries(
@@ -106,6 +105,7 @@ export const renderUiShell = ({
               ],
             ),
           )}
+          stylesRootElement={shadowDomElements.stylesRootElement}
           subscribeToPropChanges={subscribeToPropChanges}
         />
       </ErrorBoundary>
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.test.tsx b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.test.tsx
index c160c6ffa..23b612c33 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.test.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,39 @@
 import { waitFor } from "@testing-library/dom";
 
 import {
-  ReactInWebComponentElement,
+  createReactRootElements,
   reactWebComponentElementName,
   renderReactInWebComponent,
+  type ReactInWebComponentElement,
 } from "./renderReactInWebComponent";
 
+describe("createReactRootElements", () => {
+  test("returns two elements at attach to a Shadow DOM", () => {
+    const { appRootElement, stylesRootElement } = createReactRootElements();
+
+    expect(appRootElement).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
+    expect(stylesRootElement).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
+  });
+
+  test("App root element has the correct attributes", () => {
+    const { appRootElement } = createReactRootElements();
+
+    expect(appRootElement).toHaveAttribute("id", "app-root");
+    expect(appRootElement).toHaveAttribute("style", "height: inherit;");
+  });
+
+  test("Emotion root element has the correct attributes", () => {
+    const nonce = "hello-world";
+
+    window.cspNonce = nonce;
+
+    const { stylesRootElement } = createReactRootElements();
+
+    expect(stylesRootElement).toHaveAttribute("id", "style-root");
+    expect(stylesRootElement).toHaveAttribute("nonce", nonce);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("renderReactInWebComponent", () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     // Remove any appended elements
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.ts b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.ts
index d699ca9bc..a57532b73 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/renderReactInWebComponent.ts
@@ -13,27 +13,57 @@
 import { type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { createRoot, type Root } from "react-dom/client";
 
-import {
-  createUnattachedShadowDomElements,
-  type ShadowDomElements,
-} from "./shadow-dom";
+/**
+ * Creates elements for a Shadow DOM that Odyssey will render into.
+ * The Emotion root is for `<style>` tags and the app root is for an app to render into.
+ * These are bare elements that
+ */
+export const createReactRootElements = () => {
+  const appRootElement = document.createElement("div");
+  const stylesRootElement = document.createElement("div");
+
+  // This `div` may cause layout issues unless it inherits the parent's height.
+  appRootElement.style.setProperty("height", "inherit");
+
+  appRootElement.setAttribute("id", "app-root");
+  stylesRootElement.setAttribute("id", "style-root");
+  stylesRootElement.setAttribute("nonce", window.cspNonce);
+
+  return {
+    /**
+     * The element your React root component renders into.
+     * React has to render or portal somewhere, and this element can be used for that root element.
+     *
+     * In the case of a web component, there is no defined root element, so you have to define it yourself.
+     */
+    appRootElement,
+    /**
+     * In React apps, your styles typically go in `document.head`, but you may want to render them somewhere else.
+     *
+     * Specifically when rendering in a web component, there is no `<head>`, so you have to create a spot for styles to render.
+     */
+    stylesRootElement,
+  };
+};
+
+export type ReactRootElements = ReturnType<typeof createReactRootElements>;
 
 export const reactWebComponentElementName = "odyssey-react-web-component";
 
 export type GetReactComponentInWebComponent = (
-  shadowDomElements: ShadowDomElements,
+  reactRootElements: ReactRootElements,
 ) => ReactNode;
 
 export class ReactInWebComponentElement extends HTMLElement {
   getReactComponent: GetReactComponentInWebComponent;
-  shadowDomElements: ShadowDomElements;
   reactRoot: Root;
+  reactRootElements: ReactRootElements;
 
   constructor(getReactComponent: GetReactComponentInWebComponent) {
     super();
 
     this.getReactComponent = getReactComponent;
-    this.shadowDomElements = createUnattachedShadowDomElements();
+    this.reactRootElements = createReactRootElements();
 
     const styleElement = document.createElement("style");
     const shadowRoot = this.attachShadow({ mode: "open" });
@@ -47,15 +77,15 @@ export class ReactInWebComponentElement extends HTMLElement {
 
     styleElement.setAttribute("nonce", window.cspNonce);
 
-    this.shadowDomElements.emotionRootElement.appendChild(styleElement);
-    shadowRoot.appendChild(this.shadowDomElements.emotionRootElement);
-    shadowRoot.appendChild(this.shadowDomElements.appRootElement);
+    this.reactRootElements.stylesRootElement.appendChild(styleElement);
+    shadowRoot.appendChild(this.reactRootElements.stylesRootElement);
+    shadowRoot.appendChild(this.reactRootElements.appRootElement);
 
-    this.reactRoot = createRoot(this.shadowDomElements.appRootElement);
+    this.reactRoot = createRoot(this.reactRootElements.appRootElement);
   }
 
   connectedCallback() {
-    this.reactRoot.render(this.getReactComponent(this.shadowDomElements));
+    this.reactRoot.render(this.getReactComponent(this.reactRootElements));
   }
 
   disconnectedCallback() {
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.test.ts b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.test.ts
index 059331602..063fd2b5c 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.test.ts
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.test.ts
@@ -10,38 +10,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  createShadowDomElements,
-  createUnattachedShadowDomElements,
-} from "./shadow-dom";
-
-describe("createUnattachedShadowDomElements", () => {
-  test("returns two elements at attach to a Shadow DOM", () => {
-    const { appRootElement, emotionRootElement } =
-      createUnattachedShadowDomElements();
-
-    expect(appRootElement).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
-    expect(emotionRootElement).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLDivElement);
-  });
-
-  test("App root element has the correct attributes", () => {
-    const { appRootElement } = createUnattachedShadowDomElements();
-
-    expect(appRootElement).toHaveAttribute("id", "app-root");
-    expect(appRootElement).toHaveAttribute("style", "height: inherit;");
-  });
-
-  test("Emotion root element has the correct attributes", () => {
-    const nonce = "hello-world";
-
-    window.cspNonce = nonce;
-
-    const { emotionRootElement } = createUnattachedShadowDomElements();
-
-    expect(emotionRootElement).toHaveAttribute("id", "style-root");
-    expect(emotionRootElement).toHaveAttribute("nonce", nonce);
-  });
-});
+import { createShadowDomElements } from "./shadow-dom";
 
 describe("createShadowDomElements", () => {
   test("returns two elements attached to a Shadow DOM", () => {
diff --git a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.ts b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.ts
index b00b222eb..17100f026 100644
--- a/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.ts
+++ b/packages/odyssey-react-mui/src/web-component/shadow-dom.ts
@@ -10,23 +10,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export const createUnattachedShadowDomElements = () => {
-  const appRootElement = document.createElement("div");
-  const emotionRootElement = document.createElement("div");
-
-  // This `div` may cause layout issues unless it inherits the parent's height.
-  appRootElement.style.setProperty("height", "inherit");
-
-  appRootElement.setAttribute("id", "app-root");
-  emotionRootElement.setAttribute("id", "style-root");
-  emotionRootElement.setAttribute("nonce", window.cspNonce);
-
-  return { appRootElement, emotionRootElement };
-};
-
-export type ShadowDomElements = ReturnType<
-  typeof createUnattachedShadowDomElements
->;
+import { createReactRootElements } from "./renderReactInWebComponent";
 
 /**
  * @deprecated Use `renderReactInWebComponent` instead. This function was necessary when using bare Shadow DOM, but with UI Shell rendering in a Web Component, you won't be able to render your Shadow DOM in its Shadow DOM without using a Web Component.
@@ -35,13 +19,15 @@ export const createShadowDomElements = (containerElement: HTMLElement) => {
   const shadowRoot = containerElement.attachShadow({ mode: "open" });
 
   // Container for Emotion `<style>` elements.
-  const { appRootElement, emotionRootElement } =
-    createUnattachedShadowDomElements();
+  const { appRootElement, stylesRootElement } = createReactRootElements();
 
   shadowRoot.appendChild(appRootElement);
-  shadowRoot.appendChild(emotionRootElement);
+  shadowRoot.appendChild(stylesRootElement);
 
-  return { emotionRootElement, shadowRootElement: appRootElement };
+  return {
+    emotionRootElement: stylesRootElement,
+    shadowRootElement: appRootElement,
+  };
 };
 
 /**