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Temporal fossa
Meaning
Noun
●
In 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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