Mastoid notch

Mastoid notch
Mastoid notch
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Left temporal bone. Inferior surface. (Mastoid notch visible at bottom center.)
Latin incisura mastoidea ossis temporalis
Gray's subject #34 141

On the medial side of the mastoid process is a deep groove, the mastoid notch (digastric fossa), for the attachment of the Digastricus.

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