temporal fossa

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Introduction

The space on the side of the cranium bounded above by the temporal lines of the frontal bone & below by the zygomatic arch of the temporal bone. The temporal fossa overlies parts of the frontal, sphenoid, parietal & temporal bones.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999