Definition of Temporal bone

1. Noun. A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear.


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

1. 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. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Bone

templets
templing
templon
templons
tempo
tempo mark
tempolabile
tempora
temporal
temporal aponeurosis
temporal apophysis
temporal arrangement
temporal arteries
temporal arteritis
temporal artery
temporal bone
temporal bones
temporal branch of facial nerve
temporal canal
temporal canthus
temporal case
temporal cases
temporal cortex
temporal dispersion
temporal distributive
temporal fascia
temporal fossa
temporal gyrus
temporal horn
temporal hour

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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