Temporal Bone

Question 0

Petrous pyramid

Answer 0

Dense bony part that dominates the endocranial aspect; separates the temporal and occipital lobes.

Question 1

Squama

Answer 1

Forms cranial walls to articulate with the parietals

Question 2

Auditory meatus

Answer 2

Ear hole

Question 3

Zygomatic process

Answer 3

The suture on the zygomatic arch

Question 4

Suprameatal crest

Answer 4

“Canal” on the posterior end of the zygomatic arch

Question 5

Supramastoid crest

Answer 5

Posterior extension of the suprameatal crest

Question 6

Parietal notch

Answer 6

A notch posterior to the zygomatic arch and suprameatal crest on the temporal bone

Question 7

Mastoid process

Answer 7

“Nub” below the parietal notch

Question 8

Mastoid foramen

Answer 8

Near posterior end of the mastoid process

Question 9

Mastoid notch

Answer 9

Groove that runs through the mastoid process

Question 10

Stylomastoid foramen

Answer 10

Posterior to the base of the styloid process, “for the exit of the facial nerve (cranial nerve 7) and the entrance of the stylomastoid artery”

Question 11

Occipital groove

Answer 11

Medial to the mastoid notch; a shallow furrow that lodges into the occipital artery

Question 12

Tempomandibular articular surface

Answer 12

Spot where the mandible articulates

Question 13

Articular eminence

Answer 13

Forms the anterior portion of the tempomandibular articular surface

Question 14

Mandibular fossa

Answer 14

Poterosuperior to the articular eminence (a groove)

Question 15

Jugular fossa

Answer 15

Medial to the base of the styloid process

Question 16

Cranial canal

Answer 16

Medial to the styloid process, anterior to the jugular fossa