temporal fossa

Shallow depression on the side of the human skull
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q833434
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temporal fossa

Summary

temporal fossa is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #322 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • temporal fossa's image is recorded as Temporal fossa.jpg[3].
  • temporal fossa's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • temporal fossa's subclass of is recorded as subdivision of surface of temporal bone[5].
  • temporal fossa's part of is recorded as cranial vault[6].
  • temporal fossa's Commons category is recorded as Temporal fossa[7].
  • temporal fossa's has part is recorded as Pterion peor[8].
  • temporal fossa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0862ss[9].
  • temporal fossa's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A02.1.00.022[10].
  • temporal fossa's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[11].
  • temporal fossa's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 75307[12].
  • temporal fossa's UBERON ID is recorded as 0013463[13].
  • temporal fossa's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0230010[14].
  • temporal fossa's WikiSkripta article ID is recorded as 70042[15].
  • temporal fossa's TA98 Latin term is recorded as fossa temporalis[16].
  • temporal fossa's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4507703[17].
  • temporal fossa's TA2 ID is recorded as 426[18].
  • temporal fossa's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C4507703[19].

Why It Matters

temporal fossa draws 67 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #322 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . unifr.ch. unifr.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). temporal fossa. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/temporal-fossa
MLA “temporal fossa.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/temporal-fossa.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_temporal-fossa_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{temporal fossa}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/temporal-fossa}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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