I think this section needs a lot of additions. It only shows the trigeminal ganglion, but other things go through the infratemporal fossa: inferior part of temporalis m., lateral & medial pterygoid mm., maxillary a., pterygoid venous plexus, mandibular, inferior alveolar, lingual, buccal, & chorda tympai nn., and the otic ganglion. This list comes from Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. If any of these can be included, I think it would be beneficial - The problem here is that the model is not great for these small structures. What if we were to make an activity that was more directed towards these. We have a couple of 3D models that might work well.
The Infratemporal Fossa is defined by the following landmarks:
The roof of the Infratemporal Fossa is formed by:
The medial wall of the Infratemporal Fossa is formed by:
The anterior wall of Infratemporal Fossa is formed by:
Rotate the skull to view of the Infratemporal Fossa . Unfortunately, the nerves are so small that they are not visable on the 3D cadver.
With the VH Dissector model complete, this is a useful time to correlate your anatomy knowledge to diagnostic images. View the CT stack below of a normal chest CT (with contrast) in coronal view (or CLICK HERE to open in new window).
This CT stack is annotated - scroll through the stack to see them numbered. You can 'continue' or go to page 4 for the answer key.
Here are some additional bookmarks you can use to preview and review anatomy of the heart:
VH Dissector steps modified for Drexel Dissector by Dr. Haviva Goldman from original website activity created by Jeffrey Fahl, MD, Kyle Petersen, PhD, Richard Drake, PhD, Alesha Petitt, MA, Claira Ralston, MS and Kim Price, MA and modified by Jeffrey Fahl, MD, Michael Smith, PhD, Albany Medical College.