Articular tubercle

Bone: Articular tubercle
Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Articular tubercle is top label at left side.)
Base of skull. Inferior surface.
Latin	tuberculum articulare ossis temporalis
Gray's	subject #34 139

The anterior root of the posterior end of the outer surface of the Squama temporalis, continuous with the lower border, is short but broad and strong; it is directed medialward and ends in a rounded eminence, the articular tubercle (eminentia articularis).

This tubercle forms the front boundary of the mandibular fossa, and in the fresh state is covered with cartilage.

External links

• Image at wayne.edu
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.