Temporal Bone Ct Anatomy

This gallery of images presents the anatomy of the temporal bone by means of ct scan reconstructions. Ct scan of the temporal bone.

Temporal Bone Radiology

Temporal bone anatomy is complex and further complicated by the small size and three dimensional orientation of associated structures.

Temporal bone ct anatomy. The temporal bones are a pair of bilateral symmetrical bones that constitute a large portion of the lateral wall and base of the skull. The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the temples and house the structures of the ears. You will find more temporal bone pathology here.

The temporal bones comprise the lateral skull base forming portions of the middle and posterior fossae. Click on an image to select a plane. Anatomical terms of bone edit on wikidata the temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull and lateral to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.

Computed tomography ct has revolutionized imaging of the temporal bone. Given that the file is large loading may take a few minutes. This atlas allows you to scroll through ct slices of the temporal bone in four different planes.

The temporal bone is one of the most important calvarial and skull base bones. The temporal bone is very complex and consists of five parts. Recent advances in 32 64 and now 128 slice ct scanners allow the acquisition of high resolution volumetric data that allows image reconstruction in any plane.

The module interface is meant to mimic a radiology workstation with adjacent image scrolling via arrow keys and or mouse wheel button. Ct scan of the temporal bone. The squamous mastoid petrous tympanic and styloid portions.

Some structures are discussed in more detail with emphasis on related pathology. They are highly irregular bones with extensive muscular attachments and articulations with surrounding bones. Anatomy of the petrous bone ct atlas of human anatomy using cross sectional imaging we have created an atlas of the temporal bone which is an educational tool for studying the normal anatomy of the petrous bone based on an mdct exam of the axial and coronal of the ear and petrous bone.

To load the temporal bone ct anatomy module in a new window click on its image above. Each temporal bone is composed of five osseous parts. In this review we present the normal axial and coronal anatomy of the temporal bone by scrolling through the images.

Some anatomists describe only 4 parts of the temporal bone with the mastoid and petrous parts combined as a petromastoid part 3.

Figure 4 From Interactive Web Based Learning Module On Ct Of