Articular tubercle

Articular tubercle
Left temporal bone seen from outside (articular tubercle is top label at left side)
File:Gray187.png Base of skull seen from below
Details
Latin	Tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_21/12828747
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The articular tubercle (eminentia articularis) is a bony eminence on the temporal bone in the skull.

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.

This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.

Additional Images

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  Base of skull seen from below (articular tubercle labelled)

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Image at wayne.edu
• Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier