Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA ====== * Infratemporal fossa * Irregular space below zygomatic arch * Boundaries * Anterior * Posterior surface of body of maxilla * Roof * Infratemporal surface of greater wing of sphenoid * Medial * Lateral pterygoid plate and pyramidal process of palatine bone * Lateral * Ramus of mandible * Contents * Lateral pterygoid muscle * Medial pterygoid muscle * Mandibular nerve with its branches * Maxillary nerve with its branches * Chorda tympani nerve * 1st and 2nd parts of maxillary artery with their branches * Posterior superior alveolar artery , branch of 3rd part of maxillary artery * Accompanying veins * Relations of lateral pterygoid * Superficial * Masseter * Ramus of mandible * Tendon of temporalis * Maxillary artery * Deep * Mandibular nerve * Middle meningeal artery * Sphenomandibular ligament * Deep head of medial pterygoid * Structures emerging from upper border * Deep temporal nerve * Masseteric nerve * Structures emerging from lower border * Lingual nerve * Inferior alveolar nerve * Middle meningeal artery and accesory meningeal artery * Structures passing through gap between two heads * Maxillary artery enters gap * Buccal branch of mandibular nerve * Relations of medial pterygoid * Superficial * Upper part separated from lateral pterygoid by * Lateral pterygoid plate * Lingual nerve * Inferior alveolar nerve * Deep relations * Tensor veli palatini * Superior constrictor of pharynx * Styloglossus * Stylopharyngeus ===== BOUNDARIES ===== {{:anatomy:infratemporal_fossa-boundary.png}} ===== CONTENTS ===== {{:anatomy:infratemporal_fossa_-_deep_aspect.png}} {{:anatomy:infratemporal_fossa_-contents.png}} en/infratemporal-fossa.txt Last modified: 2023/06/17 07:01by 127.0.0.1