Temporal fossa
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Diagram illustrating the temporal fossa
Diagram illustrating temporal lines
- Medial: frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and sphenoid bone.
- Lateral: Temporal fascia
- Anterior: Posterior surface of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and the posterior surface of the zygomatic process of the frontal bone.
- Superior: Pair of temporal lines (superior and inferior temporal lines - see second diagram below) that arch across the skull from the zygomatic process of the frontal bone to the supramastoid crest of the temporal bone
- Inferior: Zygomatic arch laterally and by the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid medially
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- Temporalis muscle
- Deep temporal arteries
- Deep temporal nerves
- Superficial temporal artery
- Zygomaticotemporal nerve
Diagram illustrating the temporal fossa
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Diagram illustrating temporal lines
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