Editing Temporal bone (section)

{{Short description|Bone of the neurocranium}}
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{{Infobox bone
| Name          = Temporal bone
| Latin         = os temporale
| Image         = Temporal bone lateral5.png
| Caption       = Position of temporal bone (shown in green)
| Image2        = Temporal bone - animation 02.gif
| Caption2      = Animation of the temporal bone
| Origins       =
| Insertions    =
| Articulations = [[occipital bone|Occipital]], [[parietal bone|parietal]], [[sphenoid bone|sphenoid]], [[Human mandible|mandible]] and [[zygomatic bone|zygomatic]]
}}

The '''temporal bone''' is a paired bone situated at the sides and base of the [[skull]], lateral to the [[temporal lobe]] of the [[cerebral cortex]].

The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the [[temple (anatomy)|temples]] where four of the cranial bones fuse. Each temple is covered by a [[temporal muscle]]. The temporal bones house the structures of the [[ear]]s. The lower seven [[cranial nerves]] and the major vessels to and from the [[human brain|brain]] traverse the temporal bone.