See Also: articular fossa of temporal bone(medicine)
articular eminence of temporal bone(medicine)
articular surface of temporal bone(medicine)
articular tubercle of temporal bone(medicine)
temporal fossa(medicine)
Bone, temporal(health)
Temporal bone(medicine)
parietal border of temporal bone(medicine)
mastoid part of the temporal bone(medicine)
tympanic part of temporal bone(medicine)

articular fossa of temporal bone (medicine)


articular fossa of temporal bone -->
mandibular fossa


A deep hollow in the squamous portion of the temporal bone at the root of the zygoma, in which rests the condyle of the mandible.

Synonym: cavitas glenoidalis, fossa mandibularis, articular fossa of temporal bone, glenoid cavity, glenoid fossa, glenoid surface.