The temporal fossa is a fossa (shallow depression) on the side of the skull bounded by the temporal lines above, and the zygomatic arch below.

Its floor is formed by the outer surfaces of four bones of the skull.

The fossa is filled by the temporalis muscle.

Deep to the zygomatic arch, the temporal fossa is inferiorly continuous with the (lateral part of) the infratemporal fossa.

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