1. THE TEMPLE IS A JUNCTURE. It's technically where four skull bones—the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid—meet in the skull. This vulnerable juncture is called the pterion, which means "wing" in Greek but sounds like a kind of dinosaur.

What part of the head is the temple?

Temple indicates the side of the head behind the eyes. The bone beneath is the temporal bone as well as part of the sphenoid bone. The temporal region (Regio temporalis) is located behind and outside of the region of the forehead, between the eye and the ear.

Where is pterion of the skull?

The pterion is the H-shaped formation of sutures on the side of the calvarium representing the junction of four skull bones: the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. squamous portion of the temporal bone. frontal bone.