Definitions from Wiktionary (temporal fossa)
▸ noun: (anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and that in humans is occupied by the temporalis muscle, is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone, is bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch, and lies above the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
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▸ noun: (anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and that in humans is occupied by the temporalis muscle, is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone, is bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch, and lies above the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
Similar:
infratemporal crest,
temporalis,
pterygopalatine fossa,
zygomaticotemporal foramen,
incisive fossa,
inferior orbital fissure,
superior orbital fissure,
frontal process,
pterygomaxillary fossa,
temporal muscle,
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