Temple (anatomy) 2973393 220963579 2008-06-22T12:35:46Z S19991002 5820772 add [[zh:顳]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = tempora | GraySubject = | GrayPage = | Image = Proportions of the Head.jpg | Caption = The temple is the side of the [[head (anatomy)|head]] behind the [[eye]]s | Image2 = Human skull side simplified (bones).svg | Caption2 = Human skull. Temporal bone is orange, and the temple overlies the temporal bone. | Precursor = | System = | Artery = [[superficial temporal artery]] | Vein = [[superficial temporal vein]] | Nerve = | Lymph = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = t_04 | DorlandsSuf = 12793657 | }} '''Temple''' indicates the side of the [[head (anatomy)|head]] behind the [[eye]]s. The bone beneath is the [[temporal bone]]. ==Anatomy== [[Cladist]]s classify land [[vertebrate|vertebrates]] based on the presence of an upper hole, a lower hole, both, or neither in the cover of [[dermal bone]] which formerly covered the [[temporalis muscle]]. Those with no holes are called [[anapsida]]. The muscle whose origin is the temple and whose insertion is the [[jaw]] is the [[temporalis muscle]]. The brain has a lobe, called the [[temporal lobe]]. ==Etymology== This use of temple is a separate etymology than the word "temple" for "place of worship". Both come from [[Latin]], but the word for the place of worship comes from ''templum'', whereas the word for the part of the head comes from [[Vulgar Latin]] *''tempula'', modified from ''tempora'', plural form ("both temples") of ''tempus'', a word that meant both "time" and the part of the head. Due to the common source with the word for [[time]], the adjective for both is "'''temporal'''" (both "pertaining to time" and "pertaining to the temple"). ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|Temple}} {{Head and neck general}} [[Category:Head and neck]] [[Category:Animal anatomy]] [[ar:صدغ]] [[ca:Templa]] [[de:Schläfe]] [[es:Sien]] [[eu:Loki]] [[fa:گیجگاه]] [[nl:Slaap (anatomie)]] [[ja:こめかみ]] [[oc:Tempe]] [[pag:Alupising]] [[pl:Skroń]] [[sv:Tinning]] [[tl:Sintido]] [[uk:Скроня]] [[zh:顳]]