Muscles
Temporalis
A fan from the temporal fossa beneath the temporal fascia, passing deep to the zygomatic arch to the coronoid process.
What it is
A fan from the temporal fossa beneath the temporal fascia, passing deep to the zygomatic arch to the coronoid process.
How the Codex reads it
Detail's temple region is treated superficially, above the deep temporal fascia that covers this muscle.
Questions
What is the temporalis?
A fan from the temporal fossa beneath the temporal fascia, passing deep to the zygomatic arch to the coronoid process.
How does the Band Codex read the temporalis?
Detail's temple region is treated superficially, above the deep temporal fascia that covers this muscle.
Sources
- Park et al. The Superficial Temporal Artery and Zygomatico-Orbital Artery: Superficial Arterial Distribution of the Anterior Temple Area. BioMed Research International, 2022.The frontal branch is most tortuous one to three centimetres above the arch as it turns into the mobile forehead.
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