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Temporal fossa. The temporal fossa (fossa temporalis) is localised on the skull's lateral surface and is bordered by the superior temporal line from above and be the zygomatic arch from below. Inferiorly the fossa communicates with the infratemporal fossa. Another connection is the zygomatic canal for the zygomatic nerve. An entrance to this canal from the temporal fossa is the foramen zygomatioctemporale. Latin labels.
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Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Cranium
Fossa temporalis
Superior temporal line
Inferior temporal line
Facies temporalis ossis frontalis
Facies temporalis ossis zygomatici
Facies temporalis partis squamosae ossis temporalis
Facies temporalis alaris majoris ossis sphenoidalis
Foramen zygomaticotemporale
Arcus zygomaticus
Fossa infratemporalis
Creator(s)/credit: Jānis Šavlovskis MD, PhD, Assistant Professor; Kristaps Raits, 3D generalist
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