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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