temporal bone (redirected from temporal bones)

temporal bone

n.

Either of a pair of compound bones forming the sides and base of the skull.

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temporal bone

Noun

either of two compound bones forming the sides of the skull

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Noun

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temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear os temporale bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa - a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible tympanic bone - the bone enclosing the middle ear braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain mastoid, mastoid bone, mastoid process, mastoidal - process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull styloid process - extends from the base of the temporal bone