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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Left temporal bone, superior view

Image #40-4

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Left temporal bone, superior view
  1. Zygomatic process
  2. Parietal margin
  3. Cerebral surface
  4. Tegmen tympani
  5. Remnant of petrosquamous fissure
  6. Temporal bone (squamous part)
  7. Sulcus for middle meningeal artery
  8. Hiatus facial canal
  9. Petrosal part
  10. Trigeminal impression
  11. Posterior pyramidal surface
  12. Superior pyramidal angle
  13. Location of internal acoustic meatus
  14. Anterior pyramidal surface
  15. Upper pointer: Arcuate eminence Lower pointer: Superior petrosal sulcus
  16. Intrajugular process
  17. Sigmoid sulcus
  18. Occipital margin
  19. Mastoid part