Marginal tubercle
Tuberculum marginale
- Synonym: Lateral orbital tubercle
- Eponym: Whitnall's tubercle
Definition
The marginal tubercle is a proeminence for the attachment of temporalis muscle, on the posterior margin of the frontal process.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
