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FOSSE TEMPORALE [11 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2020-09-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Morphology and General Physiology
- Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- pterion
1, record 1, English, pterion
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The region of the side of the skull where the sutures between the sphenoid, parietal, frontal, and temporal bones are located ... 2, record 1, English, - pterion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
pterion: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica. 3, record 1, English, - pterion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A02.1.00.019: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number. 3, record 1, English, - pterion
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Morphologie et physiologie générale
- Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ptérion
1, record 1, French, pt%C3%A9rion
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Région de la fosse temporale où se rencontrent l'os frontal, l'os pariétal, l'os temporal et la grande aile de l'os sphénoïde. 1, record 1, French, - pt%C3%A9rion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
ptérion : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica. 2, record 1, French, - pt%C3%A9rion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A02.1.00.019 : numéro d’identification de la Terminologia Anatomica. 2, record 1, French, - pt%C3%A9rion
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Morfología y fisiología general
- Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- pterion
1, record 1, Spanish, pterion
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
El pterion y asterion son puntos craneométricos de confluencia sutural observables en una vista lateral del cráneo, ambos representan puntos de referencia y/o acceso dentro del campo de la neurocirugía así como puntos de importancia dentro de la antropología física y medicina legal por sus diferencias morfológicas entre las diferentes poblaciones. 2, record 1, Spanish, - pterion
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A02.1.00.019: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional. 1, record 1, Spanish, - pterion
Record 2 - internal organization data 2020-09-14
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Morphology and General Physiology
- Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies) Record 2
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- temporal fossa
1, record 2, English, temporal%20fossa
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The space on the side of the cranium bounded by the temporal lines and terminating below at the level of the zygomatic arch. 2, record 2, English, - temporal%20fossa
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
temporal fossa: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica. 3, record 2, English, - temporal%20fossa
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A02.1.00.022: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number. 3, record 2, English, - temporal%20fossa
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Morphologie et physiologie générale
- Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 2
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- fosse temporale
1, record 2, French, fosse%20temporale
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dépression de la face latérale du crâne [...] 2, record 2, French, - fosse%20temporale
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
fosse temporale : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica. 3, record 2, French, - fosse%20temporale
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
A02.1.00.022 : numéro d’identification de la Terminologia Anatomica. 3, record 2, French, - fosse%20temporale
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Morfología y fisiología general
- Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es) Record 2
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- fosa temporal
1, record 2, Spanish, fosa%20temporal
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Depresión en la escama del temporal, delimitada en sus márgenes superiores por la línea temporal y por abajo por el arco cigomático. 2, record 2, Spanish, - fosa%20temporal
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A02.1.00.022: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional. 3, record 2, Spanish, - fosa%20temporal
Record 3 - internal organization data 2020-09-14
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Morphology and General Physiology
- Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- infratemporal fossa
1, record 3, English, infratemporal%20fossa
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The infratemporal fossa is an irregularly shaped space deep and inferior to the zygomatic arch, deep to the ramus of the mandible and posterior to the maxilla ... It communicates with the temporal fossa through the interval between (deep to) the zygomatic arch and (superficial to) the cranial bones. 2, record 3, English, - infratemporal%20fossa
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
infratemporal fossa: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica. 3, record 3, English, - infratemporal%20fossa
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A02.1.00.024: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number. 3, record 3, English, - infratemporal%20fossa
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Morphologie et physiologie générale
- Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- fosse infratemporale
1, record 3, French, fosse%20infratemporale
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- fosse ptérygo-maxillaire 1, record 3, French, fosse%20pt%C3%A9rygo%2Dmaxillaire
correct, feminine noun, obsolete
- fosse zygomatique 2, record 3, French, fosse%20zygomatique
correct, feminine noun, obsolete
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La fosse infratemporale [...] est un espace de forme irrégulière situé en dessous et profondément par rapport à l'arcade zygomatique, à la face profonde de la branche(branche montante) de la mandibule et en arrière du maxillaire [...] Elle communique avec la fosse temporale par l'espace qui sépare la face profonde de l'arcade zygomatique de la face superficielle de la boîte crânienne(trou zygomatique). 3, record 3, French, - fosse%20infratemporale
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
fosse infratemporale : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica. 4, record 3, French, - fosse%20infratemporale
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A02.1.00.024 : numéro d’identification de la Terminologia Anatomica. 4, record 3, French, - fosse%20infratemporale
Record 3, Key term(s)
- fosse infra-temporale
- fosse ptérygomaxillaire
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Morfología y fisiología general
- Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es) Record 3
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- fosa infratemporal
1, record 3, Spanish, fosa%20infratemporal
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
- fosa cigomática 2, record 3, Spanish, fosa%20cigom%C3%A1tica
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La fosa infratemporal, también conocida como fosa cigomática, es un espacio irregular situado profunda e inferiormente al arco cigomático y en profundidad a la rama de la mandíbula. 2, record 3, Spanish, - fosa%20infratemporal
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A02.1.00.024: cifra identificadora única de la Terminología Anatómica Internacional. 3, record 3, Spanish, - fosa%20infratemporal
Record 4 - internal organization data 2012-02-24
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Muscles and Tendons
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- temporal muscle
1, record 4, English, temporal%20muscle
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- temporalis muscle 2, record 4, English, temporalis%20muscle
correct
- musculus temporalis 2, record 4, English, musculus%20temporalis
correct, Latin
- temporalis 3, record 4, English, temporalis
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A muscle that originates from the temporal fossa and fascia. It is inserted onto the apex, margins and medical surface of the coronoid process of the mandible, and supplied by deep temporal branches of the mandibular nerve. It elevates the mandible and closes the mouth, its posterior fibers retract the mandible, and it helps in side-to-side movements of the mandible. 2, record 4, English, - temporal%20muscle
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There are four pairs of muscles that move the mandible during mastication: the temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid. 4, record 4, English, - temporal%20muscle
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Muscles et tendons
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- muscle temporal
1, record 4, French, muscle%20temporal
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- temporal 2, record 4, French, temporal
masculine noun
- musculus temporalis 3, record 4, French, musculus%20temporalis
correct, Latin
- muscle crotaphyte 3, record 4, French, muscle%20crotaphyte
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Muscle masticateur, plat, qui se détache de la fosse temporale et converge sur l'apophyse coronoïde de la mandibule. 3, record 4, French, - muscle%20temporal
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Large, plat, radié, le muscle temporal occupe la fosse temporale, d’où ses faisceaux convergent vers l'apophyse coronoïde du maxillaire inférieur. [...] Il naît : 1° de toute l'étendue de la fosse temporale, sauf cependant de la gouttière rétro-malaire [...]-2° de la ligne courbe temporale inférieure et de la crête sphéno-temporale, qui limitent la fosse temporale;-3° de la moitié ou des deux tiers supérieurs de la face profonde de l'aponévrose temporale. Toutes les insertions du temporal se font par implantation directe des fibres charnues, sauf sur la crête sphéno-temporale [...] 1, record 4, French, - muscle%20temporal
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Le temporal, plat et radié, emplit la fosse pariéto-temporale d’où ses fibres charnues et tendineuses convergent vers l'apophyse coronoïde de la mandibule. Ce muscle ne naît pas exactement de toute la fosse pariétotemporale. [...] Le temporal naît par implantation directe des fibres charnues. 2, record 4, French, - muscle%20temporal
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2005-01-12
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Mammals
- Animal Biology
- Paleontology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- temporal fossa
1, record 5, English, temporal%20fossa
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At the side of the facial region [in mammals], the large, nearly circular orbit is partially separated by bony projections from the "temporal fossa" behind it, filled in life with muscles. 1, record 5, English, - temporal%20fossa
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Mammifères
- Biologie animale
- Paléontologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- fosse temporale
1, record 5, French, fosse%20temporale
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Chez [presque] tous les [...] amniotes, une «fenestration» latérale du toit dermique apparaît en arrière de l'orbite par écartement des os existants. Les fenêtres ainsi ménagées [chacune se nomme fosse temporale], ne mettent pas à nu l'encéphale mais laissent voir le neurocrâne enchondral qui le protège. 1, record 5, French, - fosse%20temporale
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2002-09-18
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- Cotylosaur
1, record 6, English, Cotylosaur
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- Captorhinid 1, record 6, English, Captorhinid
correct
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Captorhinids (or Cotylosaurs) are "stem reptiles", primitive anapsids that led to the reptiles (including dinosaurs and turtles), birds, and mammals. They evolved from amphibians during the Early Carboniferous period, about 340 million years ago and went extinct at the end of the Triassic period, about 250 million years ago. They had four sprawling legs and a long tail. 2, record 6, English, - Cotylosaur
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- Cotylosaure
1, record 6, French, Cotylosaure
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- cotylosaure 2, record 6, French, cotylosaure
correct, masculine noun
- cotylosaurien 3, record 6, French, cotylosaurien
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce sont les reptiles «les plus anciens» que nous connaissions. Ils apparaissent au sommet du Carbonifère et à la base du Permien [...] Ils ont des «caractères archaïques» : leur crâne rappelle celui des Amphibiens Embolomères et Seymouriamorphes par sa voûte continue, solide, «sans fosse temporale», percée seulement par les narines, les orbites et un orifice pinéal [...] Les membres sont courts, trapus, plus ou moins horizontaux. 3, record 6, French, - Cotylosaure
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2000-02-14
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Reptiles and Amphibians
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- pelycosauria
1, record 7, English, pelycosauria
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Pelycosauria were among the very first groups of reptiles to evolve, early in the Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) period. By the end of that period all the major lines of Pelycosaurs except the caesids had appeared. They remained the dominant life-form (the largest, fiercest, etc) for some 40-odd million years, which is about 3/5ths the length of time of the age of mammals. 1, record 7, English, - pelycosauria
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Order composed of suborders ophiacodontia, sphenacodontia and edaphesauria. 1, record 7, English, - pelycosauria
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Reptiles et amphibiens
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- pélycosaurien
1, record 7, French, p%C3%A9lycosaurien
correct, masculine noun
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce sont des formes uniquement permiennes. La présence d’«une fosse temporale» n’ empêche pas qu'ils soient encore «très primitifs». Ils ont, en effet, des dents palatines, des vestiges importants de corde dorsale, des humérus et fémurs horizontaux. Par certains genres intermédiaires, les Pélycosauriens passent à des formes plus évoluées qui manifestent des affinités avec les mammifères. 1, record 7, French, - p%C3%A9lycosaurien
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1981-10-21
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Animal Anatomy
- Morphology and General Physiology
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- external temporal fossae
1, record 8, English, external%20temporal%20fossae
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Shallow depression on the outside of the coronoid process. 1, record 8, English, - external%20temporal%20fossae
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Anatomie animale
- Morphologie et physiologie générale
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- fosse temporale externe
1, record 8, French, fosse%20temporale%20externe
proposal, feminine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Traduction proposée par Philippe Blain, traducteur, Section Scientifique centrale. 1, record 8, French, - fosse%20temporale%20externe
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1981-10-01
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Animal Anatomy
- Zoology
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- postorbital bar
1, record 9, English, postorbital%20bar
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The alligator belongs to the diapsid group of reptiles, in which there are two temporal vacuities on each side. The upper or the supratemporal fossae are the openings in the roof near the posterior end of the skull; and the lower or infratemporal or lateral temporal or lateral temporal fossae are situated immediately behind the orbits from which they are separated by a bony rod, the postorbital bar (...) 1, record 9, English, - postorbital%20bar
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Anatomie animale
- Zoologie
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- barre orbitaire
1, record 9, French, barre%20orbitaire
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le type diapside possède fondamentalement deux paires de fosses temporales(supérieures et inférieures) séparées des orbites par la barre orbitaire(faite du post-orbitaire et du jugal). La barre temporale supérieure(faite du post orbitaire et du squamosal) sépare la fosse temporale supérieure de l'inférieure. La barre temporale inférieure(faite du jugal et du quadrato-jugal) ferme ventralement la fosse inférieure. 1, record 9, French, - barre%20orbitaire
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
Record 10 - internal organization data 1978-04-27
Record 10, English
Record 10, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
Record 10, Main entry term, English
- sauropterygia
1, record 10, English, sauropterygia
correct, plural
Record 10, Abbreviations, English
Record 10, Synonyms, English
Record 10, Textual support, English
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Extinct reptiles of the Plesiosaurian type, secondarily adapted to life in water. They belong to the group Theropsida which had some mammalian features as distinct from the Sauropsida which had some bird-like features (...) 1, record 10, English, - sauropterygia
Record 10, French
Record 10, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
Record 10, Main entry term, French
- sauroptérygiens
1, record 10, French, sauropt%C3%A9rygiens
correct, plural
Record 10, Abbreviations, French
Record 10, Synonyms, French
Record 10, Textual support, French
Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Il s’agit essentiellement de Reptiles marins(...) Leur crâne présente une fosse temporale unique; l'os carré est soudé au crâne.(...) La variété semble avoir été grande dans ce groupe : tantôt la tête est plus grosse et le cou plus court, tantôt la tête est plus petite et le cou démesurément long. 1, record 10, French, - sauropt%C3%A9rygiens
Record 10, Spanish
Record 10, Textual support, Spanish
Record 11 - internal organization data 1978-02-06
Record 11, English
Record 11, Subject field(s)
- Paleontology
- Reptiles and Amphibians
Record 11, Main entry term, English
- anapsid
1, record 11, English, anapsid
correct, adjective
Record 11, Abbreviations, English
Record 11, Synonyms, English
Record 11, Textual support, English
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A type of skull in which there is a complete covering of dermal bones with no temporal fossae; such a skull is found in the primitive reptile "Seymouria" and also in the Chelonia (tortoises and turtles) 1, record 11, English, - anapsid
Record 11, French
Record 11, Domaine(s)
- Paléontologie
- Reptiles et amphibiens
Record 11, Main entry term, French
- anapside
1, record 11, French, anapside
correct, adjective
Record 11, Abbreviations, French
Record 11, Synonyms, French
Record 11, Textual support, French
Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le mode de formation de ces fosses conduit à distinguer trois types principaux de voûte crânienne [...] : Le type "anapside". La capsule auditive, constituée par le prootique et l'opisthotique, est située profondément sous la surface du crâne : entre elle et les os de membrane superficiels existe un espace, la "cavité temporale", qui est continue, à l'avant, avec l'orbite, qui s’ouvre à l'arrière du crâne et qui est remplie par les muscles masticateurs [...]. Cette cavité, complètement recouverte par des os dermiques, existe chez les Reptiles Cotylausauriens et chez certaines tortues actuelles "Chelone" [...]. La voûte crânienne est totalement couverte et ne présente que quatre perforations, les narines et les orbites; il n’ y a donc pas de fosse temporale. 1, record 11, French, - anapside
Record 11, Spanish
Record 11, Textual support, Spanish
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