temporal fossa

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

(anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and 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 the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

日本語の意味

側頭窩：高等脊椎動物の頭蓋骨の側面にある広い窩。眼窩の後ろに位置し、下顎を上げる筋肉（ヒトでは側頭筋）が収容されており、頬骨（zygomatic bone）によって眼窩から区分され、側面は頬骨弓（zygomatic arch）により制限され、蝶形骨（sphenoid bone）の大翼の下側のクリースの上に位置する解剖学的構造

英語の意味

(anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and 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 the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

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During the dissection, the anatomist carefully exposed the temporal fossa to observe the temporalis muscle.

解剖中、解剖学者は側頭窩を注意深く露出させて側頭筋を観察した。

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意味（1）

(anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and 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 the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

temporal fossae （ plural ）