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    The infratemporal fossa is an irregularly shaped cavity that is a part of the skull. It is situated below and medial to the zygomatic arch. It is not...
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  • Thumbnail for Pterygopalatine fossa
    side, and another on the right side. Each fossa is a cone-shaped paired depression deep to the infratemporal fossa and posterior to the maxilla on each side...
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  • Interpeduncular fossa Posterior cranial fossa Hypophyseal fossa Temporal bone fossa Mandibular fossa Jugular fossa Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid...
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  • Thumbnail for Zygomatic bone
    the lateral wall and floor of the orbit, of the temporal fossa and the infratemporal fossa. It presents a malar and a temporal surface; four processes...
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    of the infratemporal fossa, and, together with the infratemporal crest, affords attachment to the Pterygoideus externus. Left infratemporal fossa. This...
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    maxilla. It connects the orbit (anteriorly) with the infratemporal fossa and pterygopalatine fossa (posteriorly).: 397  The medial end of the inferior...
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    zygomatic arch, the temporal fossa is inferiorly continuous with the (lateral part of) the infratemporal fossa.: 357  Temporal fossa Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011)...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser petrosal nerve
    middle cranial fossa of the cranial cavity, then exits the cranial cavity through its own canaliculus to reach the infratemporal fossa. Cell bodies of...
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  • Thumbnail for Otic ganglion
    parasympathetic ganglion located immediately below the foramen ovale in the infratemporal fossa and on the medial surface of the mandibular nerve. It is functionally...
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  • Thumbnail for Pterygomaxillary fissure
    the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It connects the infratemporal with the pterygopalatine fossa, and transmits the terminal part of the maxillary artery...
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    the presence of two temporal fenestrae on each side of the skull. The infratemporal fenestra, also called the lateral temporal fenestra or lower temporal...
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  • Thumbnail for Chorda tympani
    the brainstem, through the temporal bone and middle ear, into the infratemporal fossa, and ending in the oral cavity. Chorda tympani fibers emerge from...
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  • Thumbnail for Maxillary artery
    detail Head anatomy anterior view Maxillary artery Maxillary artery Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep dissection. Anterolateral...
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  • Thumbnail for Greater wing of sphenoid bone
    and concave, enters into the formation of the infratemporal fossa, and, together with the infratemporal crest, serves as an attachment to the lateral...
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  • Thumbnail for Middle meningeal artery
    maxillary artery. After branching off the maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa, it runs through the foramen spinosum to supply the dura mater (the...
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  • Thumbnail for Inferior alveolar artery
    (the first part of) the maxillary artery. It descends through the infratemporal fossa as part of a neurovascular bundle with the inferior alveolar nerve...
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    Anatomy photo:27:04-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Infratemporal Fossa: The Temporalis Muscle" Kadri, Paulo A. S.; Al-Mefty, Ossama (March...
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  • Thumbnail for Squamous part of temporal bone
    tubercle is a small triangular area which assists in forming the infratemporal fossa; this area is separated from the outer surface of the squamous part...
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  • Thumbnail for Trismus
    substances. Infection Local anesthesia (dental injections into the infratemporal fossa) Needle prick to the medial pterygoid muscle Oral submucous fibrosis...
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  • Thumbnail for Foramen spinosum
    bone of the skull.: 509  It connects the middle cranial fossa (superiorly), and infratemporal fossa (inferiorly). The foramen transmits the middle meningeal...
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  • Thumbnail for Maxillary sinus
    Posterior to the sinus and its wall are the pterygopalatine fossa and the infratemporal fossa. After puberty, the maxillary sinus rapidly increases in size...
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    infection within the ear canal. Base of skull. Inferior surface. Left infratemporal fossa. External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. Horizontal...
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  • medial to the attachment of sternocleidomastoid, extends into the infratemporal fossa, and deep to the investing layer of the deep cervical fascia. It...
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    orbital fissure, which connects the orbit to pterygopalatine and infratemporal fossa. The medial wall is formed primarily by the orbital plate of ethmoid...
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    Downstate Medical Center - "Schematic view of key landmarks of the infratemporal fossa." "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator...
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  • Thumbnail for Mylohyoid nerve
    embryo 95 mm. long. Inner aspect. Nuclei of cartilage stippled. Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep dissection. Anterolateral...
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  • Thumbnail for Lingual nerve
    from the posterior trunk of mandibular nerve (CN V3) within the infratemporal fossa.[citation needed] The lingual nerve first courses deep to the lateral...
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  • Thumbnail for Pyramidal process of palatine bone
    the lateral pterygoid plate, and completes the lower part of the infratemporal fossa. On the base of the pyramidal process, close to its union with the...
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  • Thumbnail for Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer
    mid-face or jaw numbness may occur if the tumor spreads into the infratemporal fossa, pterygopalatine fossae or masseteric space. The spread of the cancer...
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  • foramen infraorbital groove infraorbital nerve infraspinatus muscle infratemporal fossa infratentorial infundibular nucleus infundibulum inguinal inguinal...
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