Temporal bone
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| Bone: Temporal bone | ||
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| Side view of the skull. (Temporal bone visible in pink at center.) | ||
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| Left infratemporal fossa. (Components of temporal visible in pink.) | ||
| Latin | os temporales | |
| Gray's | subject #34 138 | |
| Articulations | occipital, parietal, sphenoid, mandible and zygomatic | |
The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull. Each consists of five parts:
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.
The temporal bone supports that part of the face known as the temple.
[edit] Additional images
 Facial bones. |
 Cranial bones |
 Sphenoid bone visible center right. |
 The skull from the front. |
 Base of the skull. Upper surface. |
 Sagittal section of skull. |
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| VERTEBRAL COLUMN: vertebrae (cervical - atlas - axis | thoracic | lumbar) | sacrum | coccyx
cranial bones of SKULL: occipital | parietal | frontal | temporal | sphenoid | ethmoid facial bones of SKULL nasal | maxilla | lacrimal | zygomatic | palatine | inferior nasal conchae | vomer | mandible | hyoid UPPER EXTREMITY: clavicle | scapula | humerus | ulna | radius carpals (scaphoid | lunate bone | triquetral | pisiform | trapezium | trapezoid | capitate | hamate) | metacarpals | phalanges (prox | int | dist) LOWER EXTREMITY: pelvis (ilium, ischium, pubis) | femur | patella | fibula | tibia tarsals (calcaneus | talus | navicular | cuneiform | cuboid ) | metatarsals | phalanges (prox | int | dist) |
