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

The mastoid part of the temporal bone is the posterior (back) part of the temporal bone, one of the bones of the skull. Its rough surface gives attachment...

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 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...

proximal (tympanohyal) part is ensheathed by the tympanic part of the temporal bone (vaginal process), whereas its distal (stylohyal) part gives attachment...

as the tympanic cavity and is surrounded by the tympanic part of the temporal bone. The auditory tube (also known as the Eustachian tube or the pharyngotympanic...

The tympanic cavity is a small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear. Within it sit the ossicles, three small bones that transmit vibrations used...

The ectotympanic, or tympanicum, is a bony structure found in all mammals, located on the tympanic part of the temporal bone, which holds the tympanic...

The mastoid antrum (tympanic antrum, antrum mastoideum, Valsalva's antrum) is an air space in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, communicating posteriorly...

contains the alveolar canal. posteriorly, by the tympanic part of the temporal bone, and the spina angularis of the sphenoid. superiorly, by the greater...

surrounded by bone. This bony part is known as the auditory bulla and is formed by the tympanic part of the temporal bone. The skin surrounding the ear canal...

the temporal bone; its distal opening is situated upon the floor of the tympanic cavity. The canal gives passage to the tympanic nerve i.e. tympanic branch...

ganglion of the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) in the jugular fossa. It passes through the petrous part of the temporal bone within the tympanic canaliculus...

The foramen tympanicum, or also known as the foramen of Huschke, is an anatomical variation of the tympanic part of the temporal bone in humans resulting...

The promontory of the tympanic cavity, also known as the cochlear promontory is a rounded hollow prominence[citation needed] upon - and most prominent...

through the tympanomastoid fissure between the mastoid process and the tympanic part of the temporal bone, and divides into two branches: one joins the posterior...

between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the great wing of the sphenoid; this groove ends opposite the middle of the medial pterygoid plate. The cartilaginous...

C2, 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...

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,...

travels from the pons through the facial canal in the temporal bone and exits the skull at the stylomastoid foramen. It arises from the brainstem from...

joint to the tympanic cavity. The mandibular fossa is bounded, in front, by the articular tubercle; behind, by the tympanic part of the bone, which separates...

animals, the tympanic part of the temporal bone is highly deformed, and in others, the radius and ulna are fused. Wildebeest Both species of wildebeest...

The stapes or stirrup is a bone in the middle ear of humans and other animals which is involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear...

(exoccipitals) and the squamosal bone of the skull's back is not exposed. The tympanic part of the temporal bone (an inner bone of the ear) is proportionally...

innervation to the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands. Chorda tympani has a complex course from the brainstem, through the temporal bone and middle...

Pterygoid canal Temporal bone Petrous part Mastoid process Occipital groove Mastoid foramen Facial canal Inferior surface of petrous part Styloid process...

the temporal bone, KNM WT 17000 differs from other Paranthropus in that the squamous part of temporal bone is extensively pneumaticised, the tympanic part...

The jugular fossa is a deep depression in the inferior part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull. It lodges the bulb of the internal jugular vein...

the parotid gland from the tympanic plexus to the otic ganglion (where they synapse). It passes out of the tympanic cavity through the petrous part of...