Temple (anatomy)

The temple (from the Latin tense, plural tenses, adj temporal) is not uniformly defined area of ​​the lateral head. The name derives from the fact that lying in a lateral position Sleeping on this region.

Anatomy

The defined in the anatomy of the temporal region ( Regio temporalis ) is the area of the head, which is the scale of the temporal bone ( squamous ossis temporalis ) and can therefore deviates from the popular notion of " temple ", as it is also shown in the figure, from. The temporal fossa ( temporal fossa ) is ( zygomatic arch ) bounded below by the zygomatic arch. In the temporal fossa is one of the masticatory muscles, the temporal muscle (musculus temporalis ). In addition to the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid ( sphenoid ) as bony foundation is involved.

The sensory innervation of the temporal region is made by the vagus nerve, the auriculotemporal and zygomaticus ( Ramus zygomaticotemporalis ). The temporalis muscle is innervated by the nervi temporal profundi ( the mandibular nerve ).

The blood supply to the superficial temporal regions made ​​by the superficial temporal artery, a branch of the external carotid artery. The deep structures are supplied by the temporal arteries profundi that arise from the maxillary artery.

Gray temples

The term "gray temples " means only the hair color at this point of the head that begins to change here in men with age first. Supposedly it reflects a certain amount of life experience, work fatherly and reassuring to some people.