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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 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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    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 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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    region of the squamous part and it articulates with the zygomatic bone. Posteroinferior to the squamous is the mastoid part. Fused with the squamous and...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Temporal fossa
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Skull (redirect from Temporal fenestræ)
    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...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Squamosal suture
    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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    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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    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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    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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    Homo heidelbergensis (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of February 2024)
    expanded, and the squamous part of temporal bone is high and arched, which could all be related to increasing brain size. The sphenoid bone features a spine...
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    synovial articulation between the temporal bone of the skull above and the mandible below; it is from these bones that its name is derived. The joints...
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    bones. In therapsids (advanced synapsids including mammal), the jaw is simplified into an articulation between the dentary and the squamous part of the...
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    Bindi Forehead lift 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Peking Man (category Archaeology of China)
    The temporal lines arcing in pairs across either side of the skull often merge into a single ridge near the midline of the skull. The squamous part of temporal...
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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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  • brain. The occipital and temporal regions bear the most pressure while sleeping and therefore need to be reconstructed. Frontal bone defects cause a contour...
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    Middle meningeal artery (category Anatomy NAV infobox with use of other NAV parameters)
    branch curves backward on the squamous part of the temporal bone, and, reaching the parietal bone some distance in front of its mastoid angle, divides into...
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