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    The squamous part of temporal bone, or temporal squama, forms the front and upper part of the temporal bone, and is scale-like, thin, and translucent...
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    The petrous part of the temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital bones. Directed medially...
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    temporal bone is a paired bone situated at the sides and base of the skull, lateral to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex. The temporal bones are...
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    of four bones of the skull. The fossa is filled by the temporalis muscle. Medial/floor: frontal bone, parietal bone, (squamous part of) temporal bone...
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  • Squamous part may refer to: Squamous part of frontal bone Squamous part of temporal bone Squamous part of occipital bone This disambiguation page lists...
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    of the occipital bone to the petrous-part of the temporal bone. The occipital plane [Fig. 3] of the squamous part of the occipital bone is developed in...
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    The squamous part of the frontal bone is the superior (approximately two thirds) portion when viewed in standard anatomical orientation. There are two...
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    The tympanic part of the temporal bone is a curved plate of bone lying below the squamous part of the temporal bone, in front of the mastoid process,...
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    zygomatic process of the temporal bone is a long, arched process projecting from the lower part of the squamous portion of the temporal bone. It articulates...
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    middle of the bone in an arched direction are two curved lines, the superior and inferior temporal lines; the former gives attachment to the temporal fascia...
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    Homo juluensis (category Prehistoric mammals of Asia)
    inward mastoid part of the temporal bone, a depression over the parietal bone, defined temporal lines, a high squamous part of temporal bone, an ovoid ear...
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    Pterion (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    between four bones: the parietal bone. the squamous part of temporal bone. the greater wing of sphenoid bone. the frontal bone. These bones are typically...
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    spine of sphenoid bone sphenomandibular ligament palatine bone squamous part of temporal bone anterior ligament of malleus Muscles muscles of mastication...
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    Mastoid cells (category Bones of the head and neck)
    of bone or not at all. They may extend into the squamous part of temporal bone, petrous part of the temporal bone zygomatic process of temporal bone,...
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    Peking Man (category Archaeology of China)
    The temporal lines, which arc in pairs across either side of the skull, often merge into a single ridge near the skull midline. The squamous part of temporal...
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    parts of the temporal bones, and the lateral parts of occipital bone. Posteriorly, it is bounded by the squamous part of occipital bone. The foramen magnum...
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    Skull (redirect from Temporal fenestræ)
    part of the dura mater, the facial skeleton and splanchnocranium with the mandible being its largest bone. The mandible articulates with the temporal...
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    Paranthropus aethiopicus (category Pleistocene mammals of Africa)
    (prognathism). In regard to the temporal bone, KNM WT 17000 differs from other Paranthropus in that the squamous part of temporal bone is extensively pneumaticised...
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    of junction of the squamous and the petrous parts of the temporal bone, its extremity presenting a jagged margin which serves for the attachment of the...
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    bones. In therapsids (advanced synapsids including mammalians), the jaw is simplified into an articulation between the dentary and the squamous part of...
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    Homo antecessor (category Early species of Homo)
    temporal styloid process just below the ear is fused to the base of the skull. The brow ridges are prominent. The upper margin of the squamous part of...
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    between the squamous and the petrous part of the temporal bone and presents at its apex a downward-directed process, the spine of sphenoid bone. The superior...
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    suture, or squamous suture, arches backward from the pterion and connects the temporal squama with the lower border of the parietal bone: this suture...
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    Cholesteatoma (category Diseases of middle ear and mastoid)
    Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas...
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    articulation between the temporal bone of the skull above and the condylar process of mandible below; it is from these bones that its name is derived...
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    lowbrow, and middlebrow Squamous part of the frontal bone Third eye Tilak David M. Knize & Mel Drisko (2001). The Forehead and Temporal Fossa: Anatomy and...
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    Neurocranium (redirect from Cranial bones)
    include the following eight bones: 1 ethmoid bone 1 frontal bone 1 occipital bone 2 parietal bones 1 sphenoid bone 2 temporal bones The ossicles (three on...
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  • suture Coronal suture Squamous suture Sagittal suture "Come Sing Love Songs" Coronal Suture Sagittal Suture Lambdoid Suture Squamous Suture "Come Smoke L...
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    muscle. The styloglossus arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone and draws the sides of the tongue up to create a trough for swallowing. The...
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    Spheno-ethmoidal recess Choana Sphenopalatine foramen Bones of cranium Parietal bone Frontal bone Squamous part External surface Glabella Frontal suture Supra-orbital...
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