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The word "temple" as used in anatomy has a separate etymology from the other meaning of word temple, meaning "place of worship".Both come from Latin, but the word for the place of worship comes from templum, whereas the word for the part of the head comes from Vulgar Latin * tempula, modified from tempora, plural form ("both temples") of tempus, a word that refers both to "time" and to this ...
The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join. [1] It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple.It is also considered to be the weakest part of the skull, which makes it clinically significant, as if there is a fracture around the pterion it could be accompanied by an epidural hematoma.
Odisha temple architecture is known as Kalinga architecture, [151] classifies the spire into three parts, the Bāḍa (lower limb), the Ganḍi (body) and the Cuḷa/Mastaka (head). Each part is decorated in a different manner. Kalinga architecture is a style which flourished in Kalinga, the name for kingdom that included ancient Odisha.
Muktinath Temple [28] Nepal: Head Gandaki Chandi: Chakrapani: 9 Goddess Bhadrakali on banks of Godavari in Nashik city (Saptashrungi) Maharashtra: Chin (2 parts) Bhadrakali devi Vikritaksheshwar 10 Hinglaj Mata Temple Pakistan Bramharandhra (Part of the head) Kottari Devi Bhimalochaneshwar 11 Jayanti at Nartiang village in the Jaintia Hills ...
The human head consists of a fleshy outer portion, which surrounds the bony skull. The brain is enclosed within the skull. There are 22 bones in the human head. The head rests on the neck, and the seven cervical vertebrae support it. The human head typically weighs between 2.3 and 5 kilograms (5.1 and 11.0 lb) Over 98% of humans fit into this ...
The head rests on the top part of the vertebral column, with the skull joining at C1 (the first cervical vertebra known as the atlas). The skeletal section of the head and neck forms the top part of the axial skeleton and is made up of the skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, and cervical spine. The skull can be further subdivided into:
Denzel Washington just got baptized and became a minister — and no, it wasn’t in preparation for a movie role. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the Gladiator II star, 69, was baptized at the Kelly Temple ...
In bird anatomy, the crown is the top of the head, or more specifically the zone from the frons, or forehead, extending posteriorly to the occiput and laterally on both sides to the temples. The upper part of the head, including frons, crown, and occiput, is called the pileum. [7]