See Also: Temporal bone(medicine)
Bone, temporal(health)
petrous part of temporal bone(medicine)
occipital border of temporal bone(medicine)
sphenoidal border of temporal bone(medicine)
styloid process of temporal bone(medicine)
articular eminence of temporal bone(medicine)
mastoid part of the temporal bone(medicine)
jugular notch of temporal bone(medicine)
articular fossa of temporal bone(medicine)

Temporal bone (medicine)


temporal bone
<anatomy> A large irregular bone situated in the base and side of the skull, consisting of three parts, squamous, tympanic and petrous.

The bones are distinct at birth; the petrous part contains the vestibulocochlear organ; the bone articulates with the sphenoid, parietal, occipital, and zygomatic bones, and by a synovial joint with the mandible.

Synonym: os temporale.