title: Imaging of the temporal bone.
abstract: Classical descriptions of the temporal bone are based on its five embryologically distinct osseous components: the petrous, tympanic, mastoid, squamous, and styloid portions.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, University of Utah, Department of Radiology, 500 South Foothill Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA. h.christian.davidson@hsc.utah.edu
authors.forename: H Christian
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007759:Labyrinth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed