page_title: Temporal bone
hierarchical_section_title: Temporal bone
caption_attribution_description: Left temporal bone. Outer surface.
context_page_description: The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull, and lateral to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
  The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the temples, and house the structures of the ears. The lower seven cranial nerves and the major vessels to and from the brain traverse the temporal bone.
context_section_description: The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull, and lateral to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
  The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the temples, and house the structures of the ears. The lower seven cranial nerves and the major vessels to and from the brain traverse the temporal bone.
caption: Structure of temporal bone (left)
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