TEMPORAL AND INFRATEMPORAL FOSSAE
Overview and Topographic Anatomy
Contents of the Temporal Fossa
Borders of the Infratemporal Fossa
Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa
Overview and Topographic Anatomy
GENERAL INFORMATION
TEMPORAL FOSSA
Related to the temple of the head
Communicates with the infratemporal fossa beneath the zygomatic arch
INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA
An irregularly shaped fossa inferior and medial to the zygomatic arch
Communicates with the pterygopalatine fossa at the pterygomaxillary fissure
Borders of the Temporal Fossa
OVERVIEW
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Border |
Structures |
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Superior |
Superior temporal line of the skull |
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Inferior |
Zygomatic arch |
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Anterior |
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Posterior |
Superior temporal line of the skull |
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Floor |
Frontal, greater wing of the sphenoid Parietal and squamous part of the temporal bones (including the pterion) |
Contents of the Temporal Fossa
VASCULAR SUPPLY
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