Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Articular tubercle is top label at left side.)
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|Latin
|colspan="2"|t. articulare ossis temporalis
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|colspan="2"|[subject #34 ]
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|MeSH
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|Dorlands/Elsevier
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The anterior root of the posterior end of the outer surface of the Squama temporalis, continuous with the lower border, is short but broad and strong; it is directed medialward and ends in a rounded eminence, the articular tubercle (eminentia articularis).
This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.
