TEMPORAL BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal bone mean? 

• TEMPORAL BONE (noun)
  The noun TEMPORAL BONE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TEMPORAL BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORAL BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os temporale; temporal bone

Hypernyms ("temporal bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "temporal bone"):

glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa (a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible)

tympanic bone (the bone enclosing the middle ear)

mastoid; mastoid bone; mastoid process; mastoidal (process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull)

styloid process (extends from the base of the temporal bone)

Holonyms ("temporal bone" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

 Context examples 

The area between the clivus and the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

(Petroclival Region, NCI Thesaurus)

The joint between the head of the lower mandible and the temporal bone.

(Jaw Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

A canal in the petrous region of the temporal bone that serves as the passage for cranial nerves (mainly the VII and VIII cranial nerves) towards the middle and inner ear.

(Internal Auditory Canal, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive epithelial neoplasm arising from the temporal bone.

(Endolymphatic Sac Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Excision of the apex of the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

(Apicectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Pertaining to the petrous or hard, stony portion of the temporal bone.

(Petrous, NCI Thesaurus)

The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone that is involved in both hearing and balance and includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea.

(Inner Ear, NCI Thesaurus)