Temporal bone

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Side view of the skull. (Temporal bone visible in pink at center.) |- style="text-align: center;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |

|- style="text-align: center; line-height: 1;" class="hiddenStructure" | colspan="2" |Left infratemporal fossa. (Components of temporal visible in pink.) |- class="hiddenStructure" |Latin |colspan="2"|os temporales |- class="hiddenStructure" | |colspan="2"|[subject #34 ] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Origins |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Insertions |colspan="2"| |- class="hiddenStructure" |Articulations |colspan="2"|occipital, parietal, sphenoid, mandible and zygomatic |- class="hiddenStructure" |MeSH |colspan="2"|[] |- class="hiddenStructure" |Dorlands/Elsevier |colspan="2"|[/] |} The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull. Each consists of five parts:

• Squama temporalis
• Mastoid portion
• Petrous portion
• Tympanic part
• Styloid process (temporal)

Structure

The structure of the squama is like that of the other cranial bones: the mastoid portion is spongy, and the petrous portion dense and hard.

Nomenclature

The temporal bone supports that part of the face known as the temple.

See also

• Ossification of temporal bone
• Bone terminology
• Terms for anatomical location
• Temporal fenestrae

 

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