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Temporal Bone

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Squama (squamous portion)   flat part above zygomatic process  
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Petrous pyramid   dense, bony part – if you look at it from a side view, it looks like a pyramid (maybe?) (look at picture from webcamera)  
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Mastoid process   sort of rounded, triangular shaped process that is fairly prominent—kind of rough surface  
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Groove for the middle temporal artery   pretty prominent groove located right above mastoid process  
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External auditory meatus   huge opening for ear canal which is located right beneath end of zygomatic process  
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Styloid process   really thin, sharp bony projection  
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Vaginal process   this is sort of a ridge above the styloid that ensheaths the base of the styloid process  
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Zygomatic process   part of zygomatic process located on temporary bone  
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Articular eminence   look at figure in book – it is a bump that is found along the back wall which forms the glenoid fossa (not along the wall that forms part of the zygomatic process  
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Tempromandibular articular fossa (glenoid fossa)   depression (fossa is a depression) located right underneath the end of the zygomatic process – very large fossa  
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Postglenoid process   little bump on back wall of the glenoid fossa (sort of same location as articular eminence  
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Suprameatal crest and supramastoid crest   continuations of the zygomatic process which are above their respective parts  
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Mastoid foramen   very very far posterior of mastoid process—all the way at the back of the temporal bone  
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Parietal notch   sort of inpocketing where the parietal bone fits into the temporal bone (wide and diffuse)  
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Impression for branch of middle meningeal artery   located on endocranial surface – single line formed as a result of movement of middle meningeal artery  
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Internal acoustic meatus   large hole on endocranial surface—if you were to pass a thread through from the EAM, you would go through the internal acoustic meatus  
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Sulcus for the sigmoid sinus   very large, wide groove – look at figure in book for placement  
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Foramen for the internal carotid artery (carotid canal)    
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Jugular fossa   just medial to the base of the styloid process – a very deep fossa, with a hole through the skull  
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Stylomastoid foramen   immediately posterior to the base of the styloid process—pretty easy to see, deep and circular foramen  
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Digastric groove (mastoid notch)   deep groove right next to mastoid process  
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Occipital groove   just medial to mastoid notch, slightly more shallow  
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