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...

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, and...

the temporal bone. The temporal bone consists of four parts—the squamous, mastoid, petrous and tympanic parts. The squamous part is the largest and most...

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...

of the internal carotid, is that which is inside the petrous part of the temporal bone. This segment extends until the foramen lacerum. The petrous portion...

the sphenoid bone, the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone, and the basilar part of the occipital bone. The foramen lacerum (Latin: lacerated...

the sphenoid bone body. The petrous-basilar suture joins the side edge of the basilar part of the occipital bone to the petrous-part of the temporal bone...

within the petrous part of the temporal bone of the skull between the posterior cranial fossa and the inner ear. The opening to the meatus is called the porus...

among the prootic, opisthotic, and exoccipital. The prootic is homologous to the petrous part of the temporal bone (in humans) or the petrosal bone (in...

consist of 22 bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. In the neurocranium these are the occipital bone, two temporal bones, two parietal...

membrane. The cartilage lies in a groove between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the great wing of the sphenoid; this groove ends opposite the middle...

The carotid canal is a passage in the petrous part of the temporal bone of the skull through which the internal carotid artery and its internal carotid...

and the temporal bone Zygomaticotemporal suture Zygomaticofrontal suture Frontal suture / Metopic suture – between the two frontal bones, prior to the fusion...

The tympanic nerve (Jacobson's nerve) is a branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve passing through the petrous part of the temporal bone to reach the middle...

the petrous parts and mastoid parts of the temporal bones, and the lateral parts of occipital bone. Posteriorly, it is bounded by the squamous part of...

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...

border of each side extends anteriorly beyond the medial end of the superior petrosal sinus (i.e. the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone[citation...

the ridge forming the anterior margin of the chiasmatic groove; behind, by the superior angles of the petrous portions of the temporal bones and the dorsum...

articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal...

The inferior petrosal sinuses are two small sinuses situated on the inferior border of the petrous part of the temporal bone, one on each side. Each inferior...

joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. The term is derived from the Latin word sagitta, meaning arrow.[citation needed] The sagittal suture...

The arcuate eminence is a rounded: 567  prominence upon the superior surface of: 420  the petrous part of the temporal bone forming the lateral part of...

nearly parallel to the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone. The vestibular aqueduct is immediately medial to it. The posterior semicircular...

extracted from the petrous part of the temporal bone by a team from the Natural History Museum in 2018. While the relevant genetic markers on the Cheddar Man...

connects the roots of the teeth and the alveolus is called a gomphosis (plural gomphoses). Alveolar bone is the bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth...

ganglion by the greater petrosal nerve to synapse in the ganglion.: 370  The greater petrosal nerve enters the petrous part of the temporal bone and travels...

Petrous portion (From Latin petrous 'rocky') may refer to: Petrous portion of the temporal bone Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery This set...

petrosal nerve on the anterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone into the middle cranial fossa. It runs across the floor of this fossa along...

maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones. Periodontics is the dental specialty that relates specifically to the care and maintenance of these tissues...

lateral views are taken. The petrous part of the temporal bone should be superimposed at the mid or lower orbits when taking the AP/Towne's view. Contrast...