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temporal fossa

temporal fossa noun: 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.

Noun

temporal fossa (plural temporal fossae)

  1. 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.

temporal fossa meaning in Tamil

temporal fossa in Tamil

பொட்டெலும்புக்குழி

Forms of temporal fossa

pluraltemporal fossae

Questions about temporal fossa

What does temporal fossa mean?
Temporal fossa means 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.
What is temporal fossa in Tamil?
Temporal fossa in Tamil is பொட்டெலும்புக்குழி. See Temporal fossa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is temporal fossa?
Temporal fossa is a noun.
What is the plural of temporal fossa?
The plural of temporal fossa is temporal fossae.

Words near temporal fossa in the dictionary

  1. temporal cases
  2. temporal dead zone
  3. temporal dead zones
  4. temporal deixis
  5. temporal distributive
  6. temporal fossa
  7. temporal fossae
  8. temporal hour
  9. temporal hours
  10. temporal lobe
  11. temporal lobes

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