os temporale
English Thesaurus
1. a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | bone, os, |
| definition | : | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa, |
| definition | : | a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | tympanic bone, |
| definition | : | the bone enclosing the middle ear (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | styloid process, |
| definition | : | extends from the base of the temporal bone (noun.body) |
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