Regions & Cavities I Flashcards
Shallow depression on the side of the skull
Temporal Fossa
Temporal fossa bones:
Temporal
Sphenoid
Parietal
Frontal
Temporal fossa communicate with:
Infratemporal fossa ONLY
Temporal fossa boundaries:
Superior: superior temporal line
Inferior: zygomatic arch
Contents of temporal fossa:
- Pterion
- Temporalis muscle and fascia
- Superficial temporal artery
- Superficial temporal vein
Superficial temporal artery branches off of:
External carotid artery
Maxillary artery branches off of:
External carotid artery
Superficial temporal + maxillary vein =
Retromandibular vein
Anterior branch of retromandibular vein drains into:
Internal jugular vein
Posterior branch of retromandibular vein drains into:
External jugular vein
These veins drain into internal jugular vein
Anteroir branch of retromandibular vein + facial vein = common facial vein -> IJV
These veins drain into external jugular vein
Posterior branch of retromandibular vein + posterior auricular vein -> External jugular vein
temporalis muscle is responsible for:
Mastication
Infratemporal fossa boundaries:
Anterior: Maxilla
Posterior: Mastoid process of temporal bone
Infratemporal fossa communicates with:
- Temporal fossa via gap deep to zygomatic arch
- Cranial cavity through foramen ovale (V3) and spinosum (meningeal artery)
- Orbit: Inferior orbital fissure
- Pterygopalatine fossa: pterygomaxillary fissure
Infratemporal fossa contents:
- Muscles of mastication (lateral and medial pterygoid)
- Vessels (Maxillary artery and vein, pterygoid venous plexus)
- Nervous structures (Mandibular nerve V3, chorda tympani, otic ganglion)
- Deep lobe of parotid gland
- TMJ
Maxillary artery supplies:
- Nasal cavity
- Lateral wall and roof of the oral cavity
- All teeth
- Most of dura mater (via middle meningeal artery)
- Infratemporal and pterygopalatine fossae
Maxillary artery is a branch of this artery:
External carotid artery
Pterygoid venous plexus receives blood from:
All regions that maxillary artery supplies to:
- Nssal cavity
- Upper oral cavity
- All teeth
- Dura mater
- Infraorbital and pterygopalatine fossae
Pterygoid vein + ______ + _______ = Retromandibular vein
superficial temporal vein, maxillary vein
TMJ fxn:
- Articulation of the mandible with the skull
- Allows movement of mandible
Location of TMJ:
Where skull and the mandible articulate, which contains mandibular condyle and zygomatic part of temporal bone.
It is also medial to the parotid gland.
What type of joint is TMJ:
Synovial joint with cartilage in between
What type of nerve fibers are found in TMJ?
GA from V3.
Muscles of mastication are located:
In and around infratemporal fossa
Name the primary muscles of mastication:
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid
- Lateral pterygoid