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Infratemporal fossa
Left infratemporal fossa.
Details
Part of
Skull
Identifiers
Latin
fossa infratemporalis
MeSH
D000080884
TA98
A02.1.00.024
TA2
428
FMA
75308
Anatomical terminology
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The infratemporal fossa is an irregularly shaped cavity that is a part of the skull. It is situated below and medial to the zygomatic arch. It is not fully enclosed by bone in all directions. It contains superficial muscles, including the lower part of the temporalis muscle, the lateral pterygoid muscle, and the medial pterygoid muscle. It also contains important blood vessels such as the middle meningeal artery, the pterygoid plexus, and the retromandibular vein, and nerves such as the mandibular nerve (CN V3) and its branches.
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The infratemporalfossa is an irregularly shaped cavity that is a part of the skull. It is situated below and medial to the zygomatic arch. It is not...
side, and another on the right side. Each fossa is a cone-shaped paired depression deep to the infratemporalfossa and posterior to the maxilla on each side...
zygomatic arch, the temporal fossa is inferiorly continuous with the (lateral part of) the infratemporalfossa.: 357 Temporal fossa Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011)...
of the infratemporalfossa, and, together with the infratemporal crest, affords attachment to the Pterygoideus externus. Left infratemporalfossa. This...
the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, of the temporal fossa and the infratemporalfossa. It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes...
parasympathetic ganglion located immediately below the foramen ovale in the infratemporalfossa and on the medial surface of the mandibular nerve. It is functionally...
(the first part of) the maxillary artery. It descends through the infratemporalfossa as part of a neurovascular bundle with the inferior alveolar nerve...
middle cranial fossa of the cranial cavity, then exits the cranial cavity through its own canaliculus to reach the infratemporalfossa. Cell bodies of...
maxilla. It connects the orbit (anteriorly) with the infratemporalfossa and pterygopalatine fossa (posteriorly).: 397 The medial end of the inferior...
the brainstem, through the temporal bone and middle ear, into the infratemporalfossa, and ending in the oral cavity. Chorda tympani fibers emerge from...
bone of the skull.: 509 It connects the middle cranial fossa (superiorly), and infratemporalfossa (inferiorly). The foramen transmits the middle meningeal...
and concave, enters into the formation of the infratemporalfossa, and, together with the infratemporal crest, serves as an attachment to the lateral...
the lateral pterygoid plate, and completes the lower part of the infratemporalfossa. On the base of the pyramidal process, close to its union with the...
from the posterior trunk of mandibular nerve (CN V3) within the infratemporalfossa.[citation needed] The lingual nerve first courses deep to the lateral...
the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It connects the infratemporal with the pterygopalatine fossa, and transmits the terminal part of the maxillary artery...
maxillary artery. After branching off the maxillary artery in the infratemporalfossa, it runs through the foramen spinosum to supply the dura mater (the...
nerve Mandibular nerve and bone. Deep dissection. Anterior view. Infratemporalfossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep dissection. Anterolateral...
infection within the ear canal. Base of skull. Inferior surface. Left infratemporalfossa. External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. Horizontal...
lateral wall and floor of the orbit, and parts of the temporal fossa and the infratemporalfossa. It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes...
the presence of two temporal fenestrae on each side of the skull. The infratemporal fenestra, also called the lateral temporal fenestra or lower temporal...
Posterior to the sinus and its wall are the pterygopalatine fossa and the infratemporalfossa. After puberty, the maxillary sinus rapidly increases in size...
substances. Infection Local anesthesia (dental injections into the infratemporalfossa) Needle prick to the medial pterygoid muscle Oral submucous fibrosis...
Downstate Medical Center - "Illustration of the nerves within the infratemporalfossa after removal of the lateral pterygoid muscle." MedEd at Loyola...
Anatomy photo:27:04-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "InfratemporalFossa: The Temporalis Muscle" Kadri, Paulo A. S.; Al-Mefty, Ossama (March...
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