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Definition of Temporal bone
1. Noun. A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear.
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Terms within: Glenoid Fossa, Mandibular Fossa, Tympanic Bone, Mastoid, Mastoid Bone, Mastoid Process, Mastoidal, Styloid Process
Group relationships: Braincase, Brainpan, Cranium
Definition of Temporal bone
1. Noun. Either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Temporal bone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Bone
Literary usage of Temporal bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"31,—Left temporal bone. Outer surface. DIGASTRIC of the bone, as indicated ...
The zygomatic process is connected to the temporal bone by three divisions, ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"Memento mori, temporal bone — o. Memoriae, Occipital bone—o. ... temporal bone—o.
Mor- sus Adami, Thyroid cartilage—o. Mucronatum, Xiphoid cartilage—o. ..."
3. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"THE temporal bone. The temporal bone takes part in the formation of the side aiid
base of the skull, and contains in its interior the organ of hearing. ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"After the auricle has been cut away take all the soft parts, including the
periosteum, from the outer surface of the mastoid part of the temporal bone, ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The glenoid face of the temporal bone is nearly vertical, ... The temporal bone
remains transverse, and its zygomatic portion hardly curves forward at all. ..."
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