Deep Face Flashcards
Floor of temporal fossa is formed by the 4 bones of the pterion:
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Greater wing of sphenoid
Temporal fascia is compromise of 2 layers
Superficial
Deep layer
Temporalis muscle blood is supplied by:
Deep temporal arteries
Infratemporal fossa is pieced by 2 openings:
Foramen ovale
Forman spinosum
Nerve which passes through formanen ovale
Mandibular division of Trigeminal
CN V3
Formamen spinosum transmits which artery?
Middle meningeal artery
2 pterygoid processes of the infratemporal fossa:
Medial pterygoid plate
Lateral pterygoid plate
External carotid artery has 2 branches, the largest terminal branch is:
Maxillary artery
Maxillary artery is divided into 3 parts:
Mandibular
Pterygoid
Pterygopalantine
2 branches of external carotid artery are:
Superficial temporal artery
Maxillary artery
Maxillary artery supplied which muscles? (2nd part)
Muscles of mastication
Branches of CN V3 pass through what opening?
Foramen spinosum
Inferior alveolar nerve is a very prominent branch which enters ___ foramen and passes through the ___ canal
Mandibular
Mandibular
Inferior alveolar nerve has 2 branches:
Inferior dental plexus sends branches to:
Mental nerve passes through ___ foramen
Mandibular teeth
Mental
The lingual Nerve senses __ and ___ of food. Not Taste
Temperature
Texture