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Meeting point between the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones of the skull
The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join. It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple
Pterion
Side of the head behind the eyes
The temple, also known as the pterion, is a latch where four skull bones intersect: the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid. It is located on the
Temple_(anatomy)
Cranial suture
The squamosal suture, or squamous suture, arches backward from the pterion and connects the temporal squama with the lower border of the parietal bone:
Squamosal_suture
Artery supplying the meninges
artery. The anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery runs beneath the pterion. It is vulnerable to injury at this point, where the skull is thin. Rupture
Middle_meningeal_artery
Outermost layer of the protective tissues around the central nervous system (meninges)
divides into anterior (which runs usually in vertical direction across the pterion) and posterior (which runs posterosuperiorly) branches. The accessory meningeal
Dura_mater
Build-up of blood between the dura mater and skull
commonly results from a blow to the side (temporal bone) of the head. The pterion region, which overlies the middle meningeal artery, is relatively weak
Epidural_hematoma
Connective tissue on the skull
paired parietal bones and the frontal bone of the skull. It runs from the pterion on each side. The coronal suture is likely supplied by a branch of the
Coronal_suture
Bleeding within the skull
Arterial injuries, such as to the middle meninges artery, commonly at the pterion, lead to rapidly expanding hematomas. Venous sources are usually slower-growing
Intracranial_hemorrhage
Extra bone pieces that can grow within a suture in the skull
of occurrence in Peruvian mummies. Another specific Wormian bone, the pterion ossicle, sometimes exists between the sphenoidal angle of the parietal
Wormian_bones
Shallow depression on the side of the human skull
temporal bone, and sphenoid bone. The floor of the fossa features the pterion (the junction of these four bones). Lateral/roof: temporal fascia. Anterior:
Temporal_fossa
Cranial suture
bone and the parietal bone. It is one of the sutures that comprises the pterion. Position of sphenoparietal suture (shown in red). Animation. Parietal
Sphenoparietal_suture
Large part of the skull front behind the eye socket
with the sphenoidal angle of the parietal bone; this region is named the pterion. Medial to this is a triangular, serrated surface, for articulation with
Greater_wing_of_sphenoid_bone
Overview of and topical guide to human anatomy
Viscerocranium Cranial cavity Forehead Occiput Nasion Bregma Lambda Inion Pterion Asterion Gonion Temporal fossa Zygomatic arch Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine
Outline_of_human_anatomy
Topics referred to by the same term
skull. Anterior fontanelle Posterior fontanelle Sphenoidal fontanelle (or Pterion) Mastoid fontanelle (or Asterion (anatomy)) Fontanelle may also refer to:
Fontanelle_(disambiguation)
Surgical procedure for treating lesions
during the standard pterional craniotomy (removing the bones over the pterion). Extradural SBNS approaches were rarely conducted in neurosurgery before
Skull_base_surgery
prostatic urethra protract protrude protuberance proximal psoas muscle pterion pterygoid plate pterygoid process pterygomandibular ligament pterygopalatine
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Indian
Great, Worthy, Fortunate
Boy/Male
Tamil
Little king
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Safeguard of Honour
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English : topographic name for someone who lived near a swamp or bog, from Old English slÅh ‘slough’, or a habitational name from one of the various places, for example Slough in Berkshire, named with this word.English : nickname for a sluggish or stupid person, from Middle English slou ‘slow’.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a blackthorn or sloe, from Middle English sloh. Compare Slaughter 3.Americanized form of Polish and Jewish Sloma.
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English : variant of Godkin.
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English : habitational name from Gledhill, a place in West Yorkshire, named from Old English gleoda ‘kite’ + hyll ‘hill’.
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 19th-century English elaborated form of Latin cara, CARINA means "beloved." From the constellation Carina, from Latin carina, which originally meant "shell of a nut," later "keel of a ship."
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Lithuanian and Norwegian form of Greek ThÅmas, TOMAS means "twin."
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Warlike
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