Pterygoid fossa information

The pterygoid fossa is an anatomical term for the fossa formed by the divergence of the lateral pterygoid plate and the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid...

them a V-shaped fossa, the pterygoid fossa, which contains the medial pterygoid muscle and the tensor veli palatini. Above this fossa is a small, oval...

page 69 Osborn, Anne (March 1979). "Radiology of the Pterygoid Plates and Pterygopalatine Fossa" (PDF). American Journal of Roentgenology. 132 (3): 389–394...

surface of the ramus of the mandible) Lateral pterygoid muscle and medial pterygoid muscle. The infratemporal fossa contains the maxillary artery (originating...

middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. It transmits the nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve), the artery of the pterygoid canal (Vidian...

In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to...

The primary function of the lateral pterygoid muscle is to pull the head of the condyle out of the mandibular fossa along the articular eminence to protrude...

foramen lacerum, the nerve of the pterygoid canal passes through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine fossa, ending at the pterygopalatine ganglion...

Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid muscle Infratemporal fossa. Lingual...

pterygoalar ligament least commonly identified. pterygoid notch pterygoid fossa scaphoid fossa pterygoid hamulus pterygoid canal pterygospinous process sella turcica...

furrows articulate with the pterygoid plates, while the grooved intermediate area completes the lower part of the pterygoid fossa and gives origin to a few...

Foramen spinosum Foramen petrosum Pterygoid process Pterygoid notch Pterygoid fossa Scaphoid fossa Pterygoid hamulus Pterygoid canal Temporal bone Petrous part...

The middle cranial fossa is formed by the sphenoid bones, and the temporal bones. It lodges the temporal lobes, and the pituitary gland. It is deeper...

lateral pterygoid muscle, to the pterygopalatine fossa. It supplies the deep structures of the face, and may be divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and pterygopalatine...

Anatomy photo:27:13-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Infratemporal Fossa: The Pterygoid Plexus of Veins" Pterygoid Plexus Portal: Anatomy v t e...

Fossae Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid fossa Plates Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) Perpendicular plate (Greater palatine canal, Sphenopalatine...

low compared the jaw joint and with more chewing surface; smaller pterygoid fossa; and a larger gap separating the incisor teeth and the molars.: 226 ...

divergence of the maxilla from the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It connects the infratemporal with the pterygopalatine fossa, and transmits the terminal...

forming the nerve of the pterygoid canal (which continues anterior-ward through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine fossa and form the pterygopalatine...

lateral pterygoid muscle. The articular capsule (capsular ligament) is a thin, loose envelope, attached above to the circumference of the mandibular fossa and...

Josephoartigasia and the capybara became big). The pterygoid fossa is small, conferring to a reduced medial pterygoid muscle (also important for biting). The zygomatic...

muscle is thin and triangular in shape. It arises from the scaphoid fossa of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid anteriorly[citation needed], the (medial...

to reach middle cranial fossa Then run in its groove to enter f.lacerum to join with deep petrosal n. to form n. to pterygoid canal ( vidian n.) -vidian...

ganglion located immediately below the foramen ovale in the infratemporal fossa and on the medial surface of the mandibular nerve. It is functionally associated...

to the foramen ovale, opposite the root of the pterygoid process; it opens below near the scaphoid fossa, and transmits a small vein from the cavernous...

psoas muscle pterion pterygoid plate pterygoid process pterygomandibular ligament pterygopalatine foramen pterygopalatine fossa pterygopalatine ganglion...

sphenopalatine ganglion) is a parasympathetic ganglion in the pterygopalatine fossa. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck, (the others...

compensated for by the perpendicular plate of the palatine bone, the medial pterygoid plate, the labyrinth of ethmoid and the inferior concha. The paranasal...

reach the cavernous sinus, lateral sphenoid sinus, infra temporal fossa, pterygoid fossa, and the petrous apex. Surgery includes a uninectomy (removal of...