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Left temporal bone, lateral surface

Left temporal bone, lateral surface — Osteology
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

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Left temporal bone, lateral surface. Lateral view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
temporal bone
View
lateral
System
bone, muscle, joint, arteries
Focus
temporal bone, zygomatic process of temporal bone, mastoid process, styloid process

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Squama
  • Groove for middle temporal artery
  • Parietal notch
  • Suprameatal triangle
  • OCCIPITALIS
  • Zygomatic proc
  • TEMPORALIS
  • MASSETER
  • Articular tubercle
  • Post-glenoid process
  • Mandibular fossa
  • AURICULARIS POSTERIOR
  • Mastoid Portion
  • STERNO-CLEIDO-MASTOIDEUS
  • SPLENIUS CAP
  • LONGIS. CAP
  • DIG
  • Petrotympanic fissure
  • Vaginal process
  • STYLOGLOSSUS
  • Tympanic part
  • STYLOHYOIDEUS
  • Styloid process
  • Occipital groove

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.