Temporal line
| Temporal line | |
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 Side view of skull. Temporal lines shown in red. | |
 Side view of the skull. Temporal lines labeled at top right. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | linea temporalis |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | l_10/12495892 |
| TA |
A02.1.02.008 A02.1.02.009 |
Crossing the middle of the parietal bone in an arched direction are two curved lines, the superior and inferior temporal lines; the former gives attachment to the temporal fascia, and the latter indicates the upper limit of the muscular origin of the Temporal muscle.
See also
Additional images
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Side view of skull. Temporal lines shown in yellow.
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Side view of head of adult male. Temporal line depicted.
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Temporal line shown in red. (Temporal line is blurred at posterior part, so is not coloured)
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Front view of head of adult male. Temporal line depicted.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- #17 and #18 (source here)
- Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
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