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A glomus jugulare tumor is a tumor of the part of the temporal bone in the skull that involves the middle and inner ear structures. This tumor can affect the ear, upper neck, base of the skull, and the surrounding blood vessels and nerves. A glomus jugulare tumor grows in the temporal bone of the skull, in an area called the jugular foramen.
At the posterior lateral wall of the temporal bone is the vestibular aqueduct, which extends to the posterior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. [1] The vestibular aqueduct parallels the petrous apex, in contrast to the cochlear aqueduct, which lies perpendicular to the petrous apex.
Koerner's septum is an anatomic boundary in the temporal bone formed by the petrosquamous suture between the petrous and squamosal portions of the mastoid air cells, at the anatomic level of the mastoid antrum. [1] Along with the middle ear ossicles, it is usually eroded in middle ear cholesteatomas. [2]
The floor of the fossa features the pterion (the junction of these four bones). [1]: 357 Lateral/roof: temporal fascia. [1]: 357 Anterior: (posterior surface of) the frontal process of zygomatic bone, [citation needed] (the posterior surface of [citation needed]) the zygomatic process of frontal bone, and the maxilla. [1]: 357
In anatomy, the zygomatic arch, or cheek bone, is a part of the skull formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (the zygomaticotemporal suture); [1] the tendon of the temporal muscle ...
The ectotympanic, or tympanicum, is a bony structure found in all mammals, located on the tympanic part of the temporal bone, which holds the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in place. In catarrhine primates (including humans), it takes a tube-shape.
The bony labyrinth (also osseous labyrinth or otic capsule) is the rigid, bony outer wall of the inner ear in the temporal bone. It consists of three parts: the vestibule, semicircular canals, and cochlea. These are cavities hollowed out of the substance of the bone, and lined by periosteum.
Anatomical terms of bone [ edit on Wikidata ] The petrotympanic fissure (also known as the squamotympanic fissure or the glaserian fissure ) is a fissure in the temporal bone [ 1 ] that runs from the temporomandibular joint to the tympanic cavity .