Pterygopalatine Fossa Flashcards
Name the anterior border of the pterygopalatine fossa
Maxillary tuberosity
What is the posterior border of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Lateral plate of the pterygoid process.
What is the medial border of the pterygopalatine fossa?
The nasal cavity. Perpendicular plate of the palatine bone
What forms the roof of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Greater wing of the sphenoid, (orbit of eye)
What forms the floor of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pyramidal process of palatine bone. The palate.
What is contained inside the pterygopalatine fossa?
- Maxillary nerve V2
- Pterygopalatine ganglion
- 3rd portion of maxillary artery
Structures that originate in the orbit and pass through the inferior orbital fissure (superior border) of the pterygopalatine fossa, consist of what?
- Infra orbital nerve
- Zygomatic nerve
- Orbital branches of CNV2
- Infra orbital artery
- Inferior ophthalmic vein
Structures that originate in the middle cranial fossa passing through the foramen rotundum (posterior border) of pterygopalatine fossa consist of.?
- Maxillary nerve CNV2
Structures that originate in the base of the skull, pass through the pterygoid canal (medial posterior border) consist of what?
- Pterygoid canal nerve which separates to greater and deep petrosal nerve.
- .artery of pterygoid canal and vein
What structures originate in the palate and will pass through the greater palatine canal (floor) consists of what?
- Greater palatine nerve
- Greater palatine artery
- Descending palatine artery
What structures pass through the lesser palatine canal from the palate into the pterygopalatine fossa from the floor?
- Lesser palatine nerve.
2. Lesser palatine artery and terminal branches of descending palatine artery
Originating from the nasal cavity, passing through the sphenopalatine foramen on the medial border of the pterygopalatine fossa. What structure does this?
- Medial and lateral posterior superior and posterior inferior nasal branches of the CNv2. From nasopalatine nerve
- Sphenopalatine artery and vein
The maxillary nerve branches into what structures in the pterygopalatine fossa?
- Zygomatic nerve and the pterygopalatine nerves
The maxillary nerves branch into the pterygopalatine nerves and zygomatic nerve. What does the zygomatic nerve branch off into?
Zygomaticofacial nerve and zygomaticotemporal nerve
The maxillary nerves branch into the pterygopalatine nerves and zygomatic nerve. Which branches into the zygomaticofacial and zygomaticotemporal nerve. What does the zygomaticotemporal nerve branch into?
Communicates using parasympathetic fibers to lacrimal nerve. CNV1
Damage to the maxillary nerve in the pterygopalatine fossa can have what significant effect?
- Loss of sensation to zygomatico temporal and zygomaticofacial regions of skin
- Loss of lacrimal gland innervation, causing eye damage.
Where do parasympathetic fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion come from?
- Facial nerve via the greater petrosal nerve
What structures form the nerve of the pterygoid canal?
- Greater petrosal nerve (parasympathetic)
2. Deep petrosal nerve (parasympathetic)
Where does the deep petrosal nerve arise?
Internal carotid plexus
What type of information does the deep petrosal nerve carry?
- Postsynaptic sympathetic fibers.
2. Join branches of maxillary nerve at the pterygopalatine ganglion but do not synapse.
Where will presynaptic parasympathetic fibers arise from in the pterygopalatine fossa?
Superior cervical ganglion
What branches of the maxillary artery are in the “mandibular region”?
- Inferior alveolar: feeds mandible, teeth, gingiva
- Anterior tympanic: feeds tympanic cavity
- Deep auricular: feeds ext. aud.canal and temporomandibular joint
- Middle meningeal: feeds dura, ant/middle cranial fossa, cal aria
The pterygoid region of the maxillary artery consists of branches?
- Masseteric: feeds masseter m.
- Deep temporal: feeds temporalis m.
- Pterygoid branch: feeds pterygoid m.
- Buccal: buccal m.
What are the different branches of the pterygopalatine region of the maxillary artery?
- Descending palatine
- Posterosuperior alveolar
- Infra orbital
- Artery of pterygoid canal
- Sphenopalatine artery
The pterygopalatine branch of the maxillary artery gives rise to the descending palatine artery which splits into what and feeds what?
- Greater palatine artery: hard palate
2. Lesser palatine artery: soft palate, pharyngeal wall, palatine tonsil
The pterygopalatine region of the maxillary artery gives rise to the posterosuperior alveolar artery which splits into what and feeds what?
No split.
Feeds maxillary molars, maxillary sinus, gingiva
The pterygopalatine region of the maxillary artery gives rise to the infraorbital artery which splits into what and feeds what?
- Feeds maxillary alveoli
The pterygopalatine region of the maxillary artery gives rise to the sphenopalatine artery which splits into what and feeds what?
- Lateral posterior nasal: lateral wall of nasal cavity
2. Posterior septal branch: nasal septum