Deep Face Flashcards
What does the temporal fossa contain? Where is it?
- contains the temporal and infra temporal fossa
- temporal fossa is the space found superior to the zygomatic arch
- infratemporal fossa is the space found inferior to the zygomatic arch
What are the bones of the temporal fossa?
- squamous part of temporal bone
- greater wing of sphenoid
- frontal bone
- zygomatic arch and bone
- infratemporal and anterior surface of maxilla
- mandible
What is the lateral boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
-ramus of mandible
What is the anterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
-maxilla
What is the medial boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
-lateral pterygoid plate
What is the roof of the infratemporal fossa?
-sphenoid
What is the posterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
-tympanic plate and mastoid and styloid processes
What is the inferior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
-angle of mandible
What are the contents of the infratemporal fossa?
- inferior portion of temporalis m
- lateral and medial pterygoids
- maxillary a
- pterygoid venous plexus
- inferior alveolar n (V3)
- lingual n (V3)
- buccal n (V3)
- chorda tympani (CN VII)
- otic ganglion
What innervates the muscles of mastication?
-trigeminal nerve, mandibular division (V3)
What do the muscles of mastication do?
-move the mandible at the temporomandibular joint
What are the four paired muscles of mastication?
- temporalis
- massester
- lateral pterygoid
- medial pterygoid
What muscles function of close the jaw?
- temporalis
- masseter
What is the function of the medial pterygoid?
-elevates and protracts the mandible
What opens the mandible?
- gravity
- anterior digastric
- lateral pterygoid (inferior part)
Muscles of elevation
- temporalis
- masseter
- medial pterygoid
Depression of temporomandibular joint
- lateral pterygoids
- suprahyoid
- infrahyoid
What muscles protrude the temporomandibular joint?
- lateral pterygoids
- masseter
- medial pterygoids
Muscles of retrusion
- temporalis
- masseter
Muscles of lateral movements
- ipsilateral temporalis
- contralateral pterygoids
- masseter
What do the intrinsic muscles of the tongue do?
-curl, squeeze, and fold the tongue during chewing and speaking
What is the origin of the extrinsic muscles of the tongue?
-originate on other head and neck structures and insert on tongue
What are the functions of the extrinsic muscles of the tongue?
- used in various combos to accomplish the precise, complex, and delicate tongue movements required for proper speech
- manipulate food within in mouth in preparation for swallowing
What are the extrinsic tongue muscles?
- palatoglossus
- styloglossus
- hyoglossus
- genioglossus
Where does the genioglossus originate and what is its function?
- originate on mandible
- protracts tongue
Origin and function of styloglossus
- originate on styloid processes of temporal bone
- elevate and retract the tongue (pulls tongue back into mouth)
Origin and function of hyoglossus
- originate at hyoid bone and insert on sides of tongue
- depress and retract the tongue
Origin and function of palatoglossus
- originate on soft palate
- elevate posterior portion of tongue
What is another name for the throat?
=pharynx
What are the primary pharynx muscles? What do they do?
- pharyngeal constrictors (superior, middle, inferior)
- initiates swallowing and force the bolus inferiorly into the esophagus
- help elevate or tense the palate when swallowing
According the Stern’s rule, the root tensor means the muscle is innervated by what?
-CN V -> trigeminal