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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Left temporal bone, posterior view

Image #40-3

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Left temporal bone, posterior view
1 . Temporal bone (squamous part)
2 . Mastoid foramen
3 . Mastoid part
4 . Mastoid process
5 . Tubercle of articulation
6 . Sheath of styloid process
7 . Styloid process
8 . Occipital margin
9 . Superior pyramidal angle
10 . Posterior pyramidal surface
11 . Petrosal part
12 . External opening of vestibular aqueduct
13 . Subarcuate fossa
14 . Internal acoustic meatus
15 . External opening cochlear canal
16 . Posterior pyramidal angle
17 . Pyramidal apex
18 . Inferior pyramidal surface
19 . Intrajugular process
20 . Jugular fossa
21 . Carotid canal