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Temple (Anatomy)

The term “temple” in anatomy refers to the area where four skull bones fuse: the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid. It is located on the side of the head behind the eye between the forehead and the ear. The temporal muscle covers this area and is used during mastication. The temporal bone forms the lower lateral side of the skull and is named after the Latin word “tempus,” which also means “time”[2][5].

Title: Temporal Bone in Anatomy

Summary:

The temporal bone is a key component of the skull, forming the lower lateral side and part of the base. It is named after the Latin word “tempus,” which also means “time.” The temporal bone contributes to the medial walls of the orbits and is involved in the formation of the middle ear and the mastication muscles[2][5].

Citations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_(anatomy)
[3] https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap1/chapter/the-skull/
[4] https://youtube.com/watch?v=EuecTSa7kus
[5] https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/7-3-the-skull/

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
temple (noun)
1.
a building for religious practice as
a) often capitalized either of two successive national sanctuaries in ancient Jerusalem
b) a building for Mormon sacred ordinances
c) the house of worship of Reform and some Conservative Jewish congregations
2.
a local lodge of any of various fraternal orders , also the building housing it
3.
a place devoted to a special purpose - a temple of cuisine
temple (noun)
1.
the flattened space on each side of the forehead of some mammals including humans
2.
one of the side supports of a pair of glasses jointed to the bows and passing on each side of the head
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Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
temple (noun)
a building for public worship and especially Christian worship
SYNONYMS:
kirk, tabernacle, temple
RELATED WORDS:
abbey, bethel, cathedral, chapel, minster, mission, oratory, sanctuary, shrine; meetinghouse; mosque, pagoda, shul, synagogue ( synagog)
Temple_(anatomy) (Wikipedia)

The temple, also known as the pterion, is a latch where four skull bones intersect: the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid. It is located on the side of the head behind the eye between the forehead and the ear. The temporal muscle covers this area and is used during mastication.

Temple
Location of temple
Human skull. Temporal bone is orange, and the temple overlies the temporal bone as well as overlying the sphenoid bone.
Details
ArterySuperficial temporal artery
VeinSuperficial temporal vein
Identifiers
Latintempus
TA98A01.1.00.004
TA2103
FMA46450
Anatomical terminology

Cladistics classify land vertebrates based on the presence of an upper hole, a lower hole, both, or neither in the cover of dermal bone that formerly covered the temporalis muscle, whose origin is the temple and whose insertion is the jaw.

Temple (Wiktionary)

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĕm'p(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈtɛmp(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpəl

Etymology 1

From Middle English temple, from Old English templ, tempel, borrowed from Latin templum (“shrine, temple, area for auspices”).

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