Squamous part of temporal bone

System Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT 138672006

Squamous part of temporal bone

Definition

A bone which is fused with the temporal bone in many mammals and forms part of the cheek region articulating with quadrate and pterygoid in other vertebrates.

Also known as os squamosum, pars squamosa (os temporale), pars squamosa ossis temporalis, squama temporalis, squamosal, squamosal bone, squamosum, squamous bone, temporal bone squamous part — per UBERON

The Squamous part of temporal bone is a part of the Musculoskeletal.

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