Temporal And Infratemporal Fossae Flashcards
Interconnected spaces on the lateral side of head
Temp and infra temp fossae
Fossae
Groove, depression or trench
Boundaries formed by
Bone and soft tissue
What’s invest wren the TF AND ITF
Zygomatic arch
Shape of ITF
Wedge
IFT deep to what 2 structures
Masseter and Ramus of the mandible
Name the other parts of the head whose structures pass through the ITF
Cranial cavity
Neck
Pterygopalatine fossa, floor of oral cavity, and orbit, TF, superficial regions of the head
Four muscles of mastication.
Masseter
Temporalis
Medial and lateral pterygoid
MOM that is lateral to the ITF
Masseter
MOM in the ITF
Medial and lateral pterygoid
MOM fills the TF
Temporalis
7 bones that contribute to the boundaries of the TF AND ITF
Zygomatic Temporal Sphenoid Maxila and mandible Frontal and parietal
Which part of the temporal bone forms the bony framework of the TF and ITF
Squamous
Which part of the temporal bone forms the posteromefial corner of the roof of the ITF
Tympanic part
Which part forms TMJ and articulates with the head of the mandible
Tympanic part
2 surface features that mark the lateral surface of the squamous part of the temporal bone on medial wall of the TF
Supramastoid crest
And groove for middle temporal artery
Transversely oriented and extends posteriorly from the base of the zygomatic process and marks posteroinferior border of the TF
Supramastoid crest
Vertically oriented surface feature
Groove for middle temporal artery
Branch of the superficial temporal artery
Middle temporal artery
2 features that form the TMJ on te inferior aspect of the root of the zygomatic process
Articular tubercle
Mandibular fossa
Posterior to the mandibular fossa
External auditory meatus
Flat concave plate of bone that forms part of the external auditory meatus
Tympanic part of temporal bone
Between tympanic and squamous part of temporal bone and can be seen if viewed inferiorly
Tympanosquamous fissure
Medially a small slip of bone from the petrous part of the temporal bone that insinuates itself into the TS fissure and forms
Petrotympanic fissure
What exits the skulls and enters the ITF through the PT fissure
Chorda tympani nerve
Parts of shpenoid that form framework of ITF
Lateral plate of the pterygoid process and greater wing
What part of spheroid forms the medial wall of TF
Greater wing of sphenoid
What parts of the sphenoid forms the roof of the ITF
Inferior and lateral surfaces of the Greater wing
Sharply angled boundary between the lateral and inferior surfaces if the greater Wong
Infratemporal crest
2 apertures at the base of the greater wing and what passes through them
and one foramina
Foramen ovale - mandibular nerve
Foramen spinosum- middle meningeal artery
Emissary foramina - emissary veins (to pterygoid plexus to cavernous sinus )
Irregularly shaped and medial to Foramen spinosum
Spine of sphenoid
Attachment site for cranial end of the sphenandibualar ligament
Spine of sphenoid
What attaches to the spine of sphenoid
Cranial end of the sphenomandibular ligament
Vertically oriented sheet of bone tags projects poster plateau from the pterygoid process and provide POA for the pterygoid muscles
Lateral plate of the pterygoid process
POSTERIOR surface of the maxilla contributes to the
Anterior wall of the ITF
Anterior wall of ITF is marked by
A Foramen for the posterior alveolar nerve and vessels
Quadrangular shaped bone that forms bony prominence of the cheeks
Zygobatic bone
3 process that extend from the zygomatic bone
Maxillary process
Fontal process
Temporal process
One or more small foramina on the surface of the plate where it attaches to the frontal process
Zygomaticotemporal foramina
Part of mandible that is Quadrangular in shape
Ramus of the mandible
Processes at the ROM
Condylar and coronoid
Lateral surface of the ROM is POA for
Masseter muscle
Posterior and inferior borders of ROM form
Angle of mandible
Subeditor border so notched to form
Mandibular notch
Anterior border of ROM is sharp and is continuous below
Oblique line
Flat triangular process that POA for Temporalis muscle
Coronoid process
Pos and sup borders make the
Condylar process
Condylar process consists of
Head of mandible
Neck of mandible
Shallow depression on the neck of mandible
Pterygood fovea
Med surface of the RAM forms which wall of ITF
Lateral
Most distinctive feature of the lateral wall of ITF
Mandibular Foramen
Superior opening of the mandibular canal and what passes through it ?
Mandibular Foramen and inferior alveolar nerve and vessels
Triangular elevation for the atachment of the MANDIBULAR end of the sphenomandibular ligament
Lingula
Elongate groove that extends anteoinferiorly from the mandibular Foramen
Mylohyoid groove with nerve to Mylohyoid
Roughened surface of ROM for attachment of
Medial pterygoid muscle