Skull and Special Areas Flashcards
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Temporal fossa floor
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-Pterion which consists of the frontal, pariental, temporal, and greater wing of the sphenoid.
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Temporal fossa boundaries
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- superior and inferior temporal lines
- frontal and zygomatic bones
- zygomatic arch
- infratemporal crest
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Temporal fossa roof
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-temporalis fascia
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Infratemporal fossa boundaries
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- ramus of mandible
- lateral pterygoid plate
- posterior maxilla
- tympanic plate
- mastoid and styloid processes of the temporal bone
- greater wing of sphenoid bone
- attachment of medial pterygoid
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Infratemporal fossa contents:
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- inferior part of temporalis muscle
- pterygoid muscles
- maxillary artery
- pterygoid venous plexus
- mandible, inferior alveolar, lingual, buccal, and chorda tympani nerves and otic ganglion
