Anatomy
temporal bone Audio
tem·po·ral bone
Subclass of:
Bone structure of cranium
Definitions related to temporal bone:
  • A large irregular bone situated at the base and side of the skull, connected with the mandible via the temporomandibular joint. The temporal bone consists of the squamous, tympanic and petrous parts. The petrous portion of the temporal bone contains the vestibulocochlear organ of the inner ear.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • One of the two irregular bones forming part of the lateral surfaces and base of the skull and containing the organs of hearing.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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