Infratemporal Fossa

Question 1

What are the medial wall of the infratemporal fossa?

Answer 1

infratemporal surface of the maxilla,

Question 2

What is the lateral border of the infratemporal fossa?

Answer 2

ramus of the mandible,

zygomatic arch.

Question 3

What fossa does the infratemporal fossa communicate?

Answer 3

Cranial cavity
pterygopalatine fossa
floor of the mouth
floor of the orbit

Question 4

How does the infratemporal fossa communicate with the cranial cavity?

Answer 4

via two foramina in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone:
the foramen ovale
foramen spinosum,

Question 5

How does the infratemporal fossa communicate with the pterygopalatine fossa?

Answer 5

via the pterygomaxillary fissure,

Question 6

How does the infratemporal fossa communicate with the floor of the mouth and floor of the orbit?

Answer 6

the inferior orbital fissure.

Question 7

What is the anterior wall?

Answer 7

infratemporal crest and lateral plate of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone,

Question 8

What is he roof?

Answer 8

pterygomaxillary fissure,

a small part of the palatine and zygomatic bones.