Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior temporal line
Linea temporalis superior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Parietal bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
Crossing the middle of the bone in an arched direction are two curved lines, the superior and inferior temporal lines; the former gives attachment to the temporal fascia, and the latter indicates the upper limit of the muscular origin of the temporal muscle.
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Names
- Latin
- Linea temporalis superior
- English
- Superior temporal line
- French
- Ligne temporale supérieure
- Spanish
- Línea temporal superior
- Portuguese
- Linha temporal superior