Running a Temporal Bone Dissection Course
Making a Temporal Bone Holder
Rounded base of bowl is placed on the black ring, and allows bowl (& bone) to be tilted in all directions.
Lead disc placed inside bowl to weight it down.
Make your own metal holder
- Any technician can make one for you
- Iron /steel cooking pot or metal ring
- Drill 4 holes at 3, 6, 9, and 12 o’clock
- Weld / Braze nuts over holes or tap thread
into holes - Sharpen tips of bolts
- Screw sharpened bolts into nuts/tapped holes
- Rounded base of bowl is placed on ring, and allows bone to be tilted
- If pot has flat base, use wooden wedges placed under pot to angulate temporal bone
Make your own plastic holder
- Cut plastic football in half
- Place material e.g. clay / plasticine / cement into ball
- Press temporal bone into malleable material until only outer surface exposed