On the medial side of the mastoid process of the temporal bone is a deep groove, the mastoid notch (digastric fossa), for the attachment of the Digastricus; medial to this is a shallow furrow, the occipital groove, which lodges the occipital artery.
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
Bones of head and neck: the neurocranium of the skull (TA A02.1.01–07, GA 2.129–155)
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Occipital |
Squama |
- external
- Inion/External occipital protuberance
- External occipital crest
- Nuchal lines
- planes
- internal
- Cruciform eminence
- Internal occipital protuberance
- Sagittal sulcus
- Internal occipital crest
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Lateral parts |
- Condyle
- Condyloid fossa
- Condylar canal
- Hypoglossal canal
- jugular
- Jugular process
- Jugular tubercle
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Basilar part |
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Other |
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Parietal |
- Parietal eminence
- Temporal line
- Parietal foramen
- Sagittal sulcus
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Frontal |
Squama |
- Frontal suture
- Frontal eminence
- external
- Superciliary arches
- Glabella
- foramina
- Zygomatic process
- internal
- Sagittal sulcus
- Frontal crest
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Orbital part |
- Ethmoidal notch
- Fossa for lacrimal gland
- Trochlear fovea
- Frontal sinus
- Frontonasal duct
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Temporal |
Squama |
- Articular tubercle
- Suprameatal triangle
- Mandibular fossa
- Petrotympanic fissure
- Zygomatic process
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Mastoid part |
- Mastoid foramen
- Mastoid process (Mastoid cells)
- Mastoid notch
- Occipital groove
- Sigmoid sulcus
- Mastoid antrum (Aditus)
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Petrous part |
- Carotid canal
- Facial canal (Hiatus)
- Internal auditory meatus
- Cochlear aqueduct
- Stylomastoid foramen
- fossae
- Subarcuate fossa
- Jugular fossa
- canaliculi
- Inferior tympanic
- Mastoid
- Styloid process
- Petrosquamous suture
- (note: ossicles in petrous part, but not part of temporal bone)
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Tympanic part |
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Sphenoid |
Surfaces |
- Superior surface: Sella turcica
- Dorsum sellae
- Tuberculum sellae
- Hypophysial fossa
- Posterior clinoid processes
- Ethmoidal spine
- Chiasmatic groove
- Middle clinoid process
- Petrosal process
- Clivus
- Lateral surface: Carotid groove
- Sphenoidal lingula
- Anterior surface: Sphenoidal sinuses
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Great wings |
- foramina
- Rotundum
- Ovale
- Vesalii
- Spinosum
- Spine
- Infratemporal crest
- Sulcus for auditory tube
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Small wings |
- Superior orbital fissure
- Anterior clinoid process
- Optic canal
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Pterygoid
processes |
- fossae
- pterygoid plates
- Pterygoid canal
- Hamulus
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Other |
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Ethmoid |
Plates |
- Cribriform plate
- Crista galli
- Olfactory foramina
- Perpendicular plate
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Surfaces |
- Lateral surface Orbital lamina
- Uncinate process
- Medial surface Superior nasal concha
- Superior meatus
- Middle nasal concha
- Middle meatus
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Labyrinth |
- Ethmoid sinus
- ethmoidal foramina
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