temporal bone

Structure

• paired bone of the cranium, consisting of 3 parts: squamous, tympanic & petrous which are distinct at birth

Articulation

• it articulates with the sphenoid bone, parietal bone, occipital bone & zygomatic bone & by a synovial joint with the mandible.

More general terms

• bone

Additional terms

• temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

Component of

• skull (cranium)

Components

• tympanic plate of temporal bone
• jugular fossa
• subarcuate fossa; floccular fossa; hiatus subarcuatus
• articular tubercle of temporal bone (articular eminence of temporal bone)
• mandibular fossa (articular fossa of temporal bone)
• petrosquamous fissure
• petrotympanic fissure (glaserian fissure)
• tympanosquamous fissure
• tympanomastoid fissure (auricular fissure)
• vaginal process (sheath of styloid process)
• carotid canal
• zygomatic process of temporal bone
• styloid process of temporal bone
• zygomatic arch
• mastoid air cells
• petrous process