| Bone: Articular tubercle | |
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| Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Articular tubercle is top label at left side.) | |
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| Base of skull. Inferior surface. | |
| Latin | tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis |
| Gray's | subject #34 139 |
The anterior root of the posterior end of the outer surface of the Squama temporalis, continuous with the lower border, is short but broad and strong; it is directed medialward and ends in a rounded eminence, the articular tubercle (eminentia articularis).
This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.
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