Temporal line

Temporal line
Side view of skull. Temporal lines shown in red.
Side view of the skull. Temporal lines labeled at top right.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	linea temporalis
Dorlands /Elsevier	l_10/12495892
TA	A02.1.02.008 A02.1.02.009
Anatomical terms of bone []

Crossing the middle of the parietal bone in an arched direction are two curved lines, the superior and inferior temporal lines; the former gives attachment to the temporal fascia, and the latter indicates the upper limit of the muscular origin of the Temporal muscle.

Side view of skull. Temporal lines shown in yellow.

Side view of head of adult male. Temporal line depicted.

Temporal line shown in red. (Temporal line is blurred at posterior part, so is not coloured)

Front view of head of adult male. Temporal line depicted.

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