Temporal fossa

Updated on Nov 25, 2024

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Latin fossa temporalis FMA 75307		TA A02.1.00.022

The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the skull bounded by the temporal lines and terminating below the level of the zygomatic arch.

Boundaries

Medial: frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and sphenoid bone.

Lateral: Temporal fascia

Anterior: Posterior surface of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and the posterior surface of the zygomatic process of the frontal bone.

Superior: Pair of temporal lines (superior and inferior temporal lines) that arch across the skull from the zygomatic process of the frontal bone to the supramastoid crest of the temporal bone

Inferior: Zygomatic arch laterally and by the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid medially.