Osteology

Left temporal bone, superior view

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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