Infratemporal Fossa

List of Structures

Supplementary Dissection Videos Playlist

Osteology

- Sphenoid bone
  - Greater wing
    - Infratemporal surface
  - Pterygoid process
    - Lateral plate
  - Pterygomaxillary fissure
  - Foramen ovale
  - Foramen spinosum
- Mandible
  - Ramus
    - Neck
  - Mandibular foramen
- Temporal bone
  - Petrotympanic fissure

Neurovasculature

- Mandibular n. (V3)
  - Anterior division
    - Deep temporal nn.
    - Buccal n.
  - Posterior division
    - Auriculotemporal n.
    - Lingual n.
    - Inferior alveolar n.
      - Nerve to mylohyoid
      - Mental n.

- Regional autonomics
  - Chorda tympani (from facial n.)

- Maxillary artery
  - First (mandibular) part
    - Middle meningeal a.
    - Inferior alveolar a.
  - Second (pterygoid) part
    - Deep temporal aa.
    - Buccal a.

- Maxillary vein (and pterygoid plexus)

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