Temporal

ANTH 480

squama

circular flat superior portion

zygomatic process

sticks out from the anterior surface anteriorly

supramastoid crest

at the base of the zygomatic process above mastoid process

external auditory meatus

ear hole on the anterior portion

mastoid process

triangular notch on the inferior posterior portion

petrous pyramid

large triangular portion on the posterior surface

mastoid notch/ digastric groove

divit on the posterior portion of the bone, right behind/ under the mastoid process

glenoid fossa

under the zygomatic process, next to EAM, where the mandible articulates

jugular fossa

when looking at the inferior portion is lateral/ inferior to the stylomastoid foramen

carotid canal

superior/ lateral to the stylomastoid foramen, mouth of the dragon

styolid process

in between the carotid canal and the stylomastoid foramen, looks like greater horn of hyoid

sigmoid sulcus

groove on the petrous pyramid, continues to the mastoid angle of the parietal bone

internal acoustic meatus

same as EAM but on the interior, eye of the dragon

suprameatal crest

base of the zygomatic process above EAM