Where Is Supramastoid Crest?

Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins
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The Supramastoid Crest Is a Strongly Marked Prolongation of the Upper Border or the Posterior Root of the Zygomatic Process Zygomatic Process the Zygomatic...

Where Is Supramastoid Crest?

The supramastoid crest is a strongly marked prolongation of the upper border or the posterior root of the zygomatic process

zygomatic process
The zygomatic process is a long arched process, projecting from the lower part of the squamous part of temporal bone. ... The anterior end is deeply serrated and articulates with the zygomatic bone. The posterior end is connected to the squama by two roots, the anterior and posterior roots.
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; it runs backward above the external acoustic meatus, and is continuous with the temporal line.

What is Suprameatal crest?

Suprameatal crests were observed commonly as a trace type on the male dry skulls (51.2%), though no such crest was seen on most of the female skulls (54.4%). ... Supraarticular crests were commonly seen as a trace type on both male (58.6%) and female (70.6%) dry skulls.

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What does squamous part mean?

Description. The squamous part of temporal bone (squama) forms the anterior and upper part of the bone, located between the sphenoid, parietal and occipital bones, and is scale-like, thin, and translucent.

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