temporal bone lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
• 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).