Pterygopalatine Fossa Flashcards
Where is the pterygopalatine fossa located?
-small space that is medial the the infratemporal fossa
Anterior boundary: posterior surface of the maxilla
Posterior boundary: pterygoid process
Superior boundary: greater wing of the sphenoid
Medial boundary: perpendicular plate of palatine bone
Lateral wall of the pterygopalatine fossa
Pterygomaxillary fissure
Medial wall of pterygopalatine fossa
Sphenopalatine for amen
Anterior wall of pterygopalatine fossa
Inferior orbital fissure
Posterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa
Pterygoid canal
Ceiling of pterygopalatine fossa
For amen rotundum
What is the floor of the pterygopalatine fossa?
NO FLOOR
-just a passage to the greater and lesser palatine canals
What nerve passes through the pterygopalatine fossa?
V2
What ganglion hangs from the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pterygopalatine ganglion
What kind of ganglion is the pterygopalatine ganglion?
Parasympathetic
What three types of fibers does the pterygopalatine ganglion receive?
Sensory
Preganglionic parasympathetic
Postganglionic sympathetic
What supplies the sensory fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion?
V2
What supplies preganglionic parasympathetic fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion?
Greater petrodollars nerve
What supplies the postganglionic sympathetic fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion?
Deep petrodollars nerve
The greater petrosal nerve is a branch of what
Facial (CN VII)
What kind of fibers does the greater petrosal nerve have?
Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers
What makes up the nerve of the pterygoid canal?
Greater petrosal nerve and deep petrosal nerve
What kind of fibers does the nerve of the pterygoid canal have?
Autonomic fibers!
-preganglionic parasympathetic from greater petrosal nerve and postganglionic sympathetic from deep petrosal nerve
Where does the nerve to the pterygoid Canal terminate?
Pterygopalatine ganglion
What fibers synapse in the pterygopalatine ganglion and which ones pass through?
- preganglionic parasympathetic fibers synapse there
- postganglionic sympathetic pass through
What are the branches from the pterygopalatine ganglion?
- greater palatine nerve
- lesser palatine nerve
- nasopalatine nerve
- posterolateral branches
- pharyngeal nerve