Infratemporal Fossa Flashcards
Fossa is a _ or _
Depression
Hollow
Infratemporal fossa is a region on side of head that contains vessels, nerves, muscles involved in _
Chewing
Infratemporal fossa is located below base of skull, between _ and _
Pharynx
Ramus of mandible
Ramus means _
Side
Many _ transmitted through Infratemporal fossa
Nerves and blood vessels supplying mouth
Anterior boundary is posterior surface of _
Maxillary bone
Posterior boundary is _ of temporal bone and carotid sheath
Styloid process
Midline boundary formed by _ of sphenoid bone
Lateral pterygoid plate
Roof is _
Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Infratemporal fossa has _ and is continuous with the neck
No floor
Fossa contains _ muscles
Pterygoid
Fossa contains branches of _ nerve
Mandibular
Fossa contains the _ branch of facial nerve
Chorda tympani
Fossa contains the _ ganglion
Otic
The otic ganglion is part of the _
Autonomic nervous system
The fossa contains the _ artery
Maxillary
The fossa contains _ plexus
Pterygoid venous
The pterygoid venous plexus are the vessels surrounding _
Pterygoid muscles
