10.13.16 Deep Face Flashcards
What are the bones of the temporal fossa?
- Parietal
- Temporal
- Sphenoid (greater wing)
- Frontal (very small portion)
Where do the temporal and infratemporal fossae communicate?
Inferiorly, at the zygomatic arch
What is the pterion?
Junction of parietal, temporal, sphenoid, and frontal bones
What does the middle meningeal artery supply?
Meninges and skull
The middle meningeal artery runs deep to the ___ and is particularly vulnerable to injury in this region.
Pterion
What causes an epidural hematoma?
Rupture to the middle meningeal artery
What is the origin of temporalis?
Floor of temporal fossa, deep temporal fascia
What is the insertion of temporalis?
Coronoid process and ramus of mandible
What innervates temporalis?
Mandibular nerve (CN V3), deep temporal nerves
What supplies temporalis?
Superficial temporal artery, maxillary artery, middle, anterior, and deep temporal arteries
What is the function of temporalis?
Elevates mandible; posterior fibers retrude mandible
What is the origin of masseter?
Zygomatic arch
What is the insertion of masseter?
Ramus of mandible, coronoid process
What innervates masseter?
Mandibular nerve (CN V3) via masseteric nerve
What is the function of masseter?
Elevates and protrudes mandible; deep fibers retrude it
What is the shape of the infratemporal fossa?
Wedge-shaped
The infratemporal fossa is located ___ to the temporal fossa.
Inferior
What is located in the medial superior border of the infratemporal fossa?
The infratemporal crest
What are the boundaries of the infratemporal fossa (superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, medial, lateral)?
- Superior: zygomatic arch
- Inferior: mainly the posterior aspect of submandibular region
- Anterior: maxilla and inferior orbital fissure
- Posterior: external auditory meatus, small portion of the SCM, styloid process, internal carotid artery, internal jugular vein, condyle of the mandible, deep lobe of the parotid gland
- Lateral: ramus of the mandible, zygomatic process of temporal bone and zygomatic bone (temporal process)
- Medial: lateral pterygoid plate and pharyngeal musculature
Superomedially, the roof of the infratemporal fossa is formed partially by the inferior surfaces of the greater wing of the ___ and the ___ bone.
Sphenoid; temporal
What is contained superomedially in the infratemporal fossa?
Foramen ovale (V3), foramen spinosum (middle meningeal artery), petrotympanic fissure (chorda tympani nerve)
What does the anterior wall of the infratemporal fossa contain?
Alveolar foarmen, upper part opens as the infra-orbital fissure leading to the orbit
What does the lateral wall of the infratemporal fossa contain?
Mandibular foramen (inferior alveolar nerve and artery)