Temporal bone
Os temporale
The side of the braincase; it holds the ear and carries the joint surface for the mandible.
About the temporal bone of the horse
Temporal bone is a bone of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os temporale. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Temporal bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os temporale
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the temporal bone
- What is the Latin name of the temporal bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the temporal bone is called Os temporale.
- Where is the temporal bone of the horse?
- Temporal bone is a bone of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
See the temporal bone inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
