Pterion
Meeting point between the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones of the skull / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join.[1] It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple. It is also considered to be the weakest part of the skull, which makes it clinically significant, as if there is a fracture around the pterion it could be accompanied by an epidural hematoma.
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Pterion | |
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Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones (Pterion labeled at center) | |
![]() Side view of the skull with arrow pointing to the Pterion | |
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Latin | pterion |
TA98 | A02.1.00.019 |
TA2 | 421 |
FMA | 264720 |
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