Infratemporal Fossa and Temperomandibular Joint Flashcards
Where are the temporal fossa and infra temporal fossa located?
Space superior to the zygomatic arch
Space inferior to zygomatic arch
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?
Greater wing of the sphenoid
What is the posterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
Tympanic plate and mastoid
Styloid processes
What is the inferior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
Angle fo the mandible
What muscles are found in the infratemporal fossa?
Inferior portion of the temporalis
Lateral and medial pterygoid muscles
What arteries are found in the infratemporal fossa?
Maxillary a.
What veins are found in the infratemporal fossa?
Pterygoid venous plexus
What nervous structures are found in the infratemporal fossa?
Inferior alveolar n. (V3) Lingual n. (V3) Buccal n. (V3) Chorda tympani (CN VII) Otic ganglion= how glossopharyngeal nerve serves parotid aka what covers the area
What are the branches of the mandibular (external) part of the maxillary a.?
Deep auricular a. Anterior tympanic a. Inferior aveolar a. --> mylohoid a. and mental a. Middle meningeal a. Accessory meningeal a.
What does the deep auricular a. supply?
external acoustic meatus
external tympanic membrane
TMJ
What does the anterior tympanic a. supply?
Internal TM
What does the inferior alveolar a. supply? How does it branch
Enters mandibular foramen and supples mandible, mandibular teeth, chin, and mylohyoid m.
Gives off mylohoid a. right before lingual foramen and goes through mental foramen to become mental a.
What does the middle meningeal a. supply?
Enters cranium via foramen spinosum and supplies dura mater of the lateral wall, trigeminal ganglion
facial nerve and geniculate ganglion
tympanic cavity
tensor tympani m.