Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
temporal fossa Function:
noun : a broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jawand that in humans is occupied by the temporalis muscle, is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone, is bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch, and lies above the infratemporal crest of thegreater wing of the sphenoid bone
