temporal fossa

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|anatomy}} A [[broad]] [[fossa]] on the side of the [[skull]] of higher [[vertebrate]]s behind the [[orbit]] that contains [[muscle]]s for [[raise|raising]] the [[lower jaw]] and that in [[human]]s is [[occupy|occupied]] by the [[temporalis]] muscle, is [[separate]]d from the orbit by the [[zygomatic bone]], is [[bound]]ed [[laterally]] by the [[zygomatic arch]], and lies above the [[infratemporal crest]] of the [[greater wing]] of the [[sphenoid bone]].

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