Infratemporal Fossa

Question 1

neck of mandible fractures

Answer 1

problems with maxillary artery

Question 2

fracture of mandibular ramus

Answer 2

affects inferior alveolar n.

Question 3

fracture of corpus of mandible

Answer 3

can separate the inferior alveolar ns.; mental n.

Question 4

what muscles help open the jaw when the hyoid is stabilized?

Answer 4

digastric, geniohyoid, mylohyoid, and stylohyoid

Question 5

what muscles help anchor the hyoid in place so the jaw can open?

Answer 5

sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and omahyoid

Question 6

what muscles elevate the mandible

Answer 6

masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid

Question 7

what muscles depress the mandible

Answer 7

suprahyoid, infrahyoid, and lateral pterygoids

Question 8

what muscles protrude the mandible

Answer 8

lateral pterygoids, medial pterygoids, and masseter

Question 9

what muscles retrude the mandible

Answer 9

temporalis and masseter

Question 10

what muscles allow lateral movement of the mandible

Answer 10

ipsilateral temporalis and masseter in conjunction with eh contralateral pterygoids

Question 11

what is the innervation of the TMJ

Answer 11

auriculotemporal n., posterior deep temporal n., and masseteric n.

Question 12

inferior alveolar nerve block location

Answer 12

in front of the pterygomandibular raphe and behind the coronoid notch; takes out all the lower teeth

Question 13

infraorbital nerve block location

Answer 13

infraorbital foramen to the infraorbital n.; takes out anterior and superior alveolar n.