Medical Definition of Ala temporalis

1. Strong squamous processes extending in a broad superolateral curve from the body of the sphenoid bone. The greater wing presents these suraces (facies): 1) cerebral surface: forms anterior third of the floor of the lateral portions of the middle cranial fossa; 2) temporal surface: forms the deepest portion of the temporal fossa; 3) infratemporal surface, forms the "roof" of the infratemporal fossa; 4) orbital surface: forms posterolateral wall of orbit. The greater wing forms the inferior border of the supraorbital fissure, and is perforated at its root by foramina rotundum ovale, and spinosum and the pterygoid canal. Synonym: ala major ossis sphenoidalis, ala temporalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ala Temporalis

al fresco
al niente
ala
ala auris
ala central lobule
ala cerebelli
ala cinerea
ala cristae galli
ala lobuli centralis
ala major ossis sphenoidalis
ala minor ossis sphenoidalis
ala nasi
ala orbitalis
ala ossis ilii
ala sacralis
ala temporalis (current term)
ala vespertilionis
ala vomeris
alaap
alaaps
alabama period
alabamine
alabamium
alabandite
alabandites
alabaster
alabasters
alabastre
alabastrian
alabastrine

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