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Special Spaces Flashcards

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Bones of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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  1. Sphenoid
  2. Maxilla
  3. Palatine
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Medial Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Lateral Pterygoid Plate

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Superior Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Infratemporal Surface (horizontal part) of Great Wing of Sphenoid

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Posterior Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Anterior margin of articular eminence and medially to posterior portion of great wing of sphenoid

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Lateral Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Ramus of mandible

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Inferior Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Nothing osteological (muscular)

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Height and Width of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Height and width of Pterygoid process (1/4 to 1/2” wide)

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Anterior Boundary of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Maxillary Sinus

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Lateral Boundary of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Infratemporal Fossa

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Medial Boundary of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Posterior part of nasal cavity

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Posterior Boundary of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Pterygoid process (Pterygoid Fossa)

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PSA foramina

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Infratemporal Fossa anteriorly into maxillary sinus

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Inferior Orbital Fissure

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  1. Infratemporal Fossa anterior-superior into orbit

2. Pterygopalatine Fossa anterior-superior into orbit

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Pterygopalatine Fissure

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  1. Infratemporal Fossa medial into Pterygopalatine Fossa

2. Pterygopalatine Fossa lateral into Infratemporal Fossa

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Foramen Ovale

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Infratemporal Fossa superior into middle cranial Fossa

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Foramen Spinosum

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Infratemporal Fossa superior into middle cranial Fossa

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Sphenopalatine Foramen

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Pterygopalatine Fossa medial into posterior portion of nasal cavity

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Foramen Rotundum

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Pterygopalatine Fossa Posterior (most superior) into middle cranial Fossa

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Pterygoid Canal

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Pterygopalatine Fossa Posterior (middle) into Foramen lacerum

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Pharyngeal canal

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Pterygopalatine Fossa Posterior (most inferior) into roof of nasal cavity/pharynx

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Pterygopalatine Canal

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Pterygopalatine Fossa inferior into greater and lesser palatine canals, opening at greater palatine Foramen and lesser palatine Foramen into oral cavity (hard palate)

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Anterior Boundary of Infratemporal Fossa

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Infratemporal/Posterior surface of maxilla (maxillary sinus)

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Openings of Infratemporal Fossa

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  1. PSA foramina
  2. Inferior orbital fissure
  3. Pterygopalatine/pterygomaxillary fissure
  4. Foramen Ovale
  5. Foramen Spinosum
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Openings of Pterygopalatine Fossa

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  1. Inferior Orbital Fissure
  2. Pterygopalatine/Pterygomaxillary Fissure
  3. Sphenopalatine Foramen
  4. Foramen Rotundum
  5. Pterygoid Canal
  6. Pharyngeal Canal
  7. Pterygopalatine Canal

Head and Neck Anatomy (10 decks)

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