Osteology

Left temporal bone, posterior view

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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