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    Temporal Fossa: DR V.O Ukwenya

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    The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the head, bounded by the temporal lines, zygomatic arch, and frontal process of the zygomatic bone. It contains the temporalis muscle, deep temporal arteries and nerves, and the superficial temporal artery. The infratemporal fossa is an irregular space deep and inferior to the zygomatic arch, posterior to the maxilla. It contains the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles, the mandibular nerve, and the maxillary artery and its branches. The pterygoid venous plexus forms on the surfaces of the lateral pterygoid muscle, connecting to the internal jugular and facial veins.

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    The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the head, bounded by the temporal lines, zygomatic arch, and frontal process of the zygomatic bone. It contains the temporalis muscle, deep temporal arteries and nerves, and the superficial temporal artery. The infratemporal fossa is an irregular space deep and inferior to the zygomatic arch, posterior to the maxilla. It contains the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles, the mandibular nerve, and the maxillary artery and its branches. The pterygoid venous plexus forms on the surfaces of the lateral pterygoid muscle, connecting to the internal jugular and facial veins.

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    The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the head, bounded by the temporal lines, zygomatic arch, and frontal process of the zygomatic bone. It contains the temporalis muscle, deep temporal arteries and nerves, and the superficial temporal artery. The infratemporal fossa is an irregular space deep and inferior to the zygomatic arch, posterior to the maxilla. It contains the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles, the mandibular nerve, and the maxillary artery and its branches. The pterygoid venous plexus forms on the surfaces of the lateral pterygoid muscle, connecting to the internal jugular and facial veins.

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    The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the head, bounded by the temporal lines, zygomatic arch, and frontal process of the zygomatic bone. It contains the temporalis muscle, deep temporal arteries and nerves, and the superficial temporal artery. The infratemporal fossa is an irregular space deep and inferior to the zygomatic arch, posterior to the maxilla. It contains the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles, the mandibular nerve, and the maxillary artery and its branches. The pterygoid venous plexus forms on the surfaces of the lateral pterygoid muscle, connecting to the internal jugular and facial veins.

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    TEMPORAL FOSSA

    DR V.O UKWENYA
    • The space bounded by the temporal
    lines, the zygomatic arch, and the
    frontal process of the zygomatic bone
    is the temporal fossa.
    • It is a shallow depression on the side
    of the head.
    Boundaries
    • Anterior: Posterior surface of the
    frontal process of the zygomatic bone
    and the posterior surface of the
    zygomatic process of the frontal bone.
    (Frontal and Zygomatic bone)
    • Lateral: Zygomatic arch
    • Medial: frontal, parietal, temporal,
    sphenoidal, occipital bones.
    • Superior: superior and inferior
    temporal lines
    • Inferior : infratemporal crest
    • Roof : temporal fascia
    CONTENTS
    • Temporalis muscle
    • Deep temporal arteries
    • Deep temporal nerves
    • Superficial temporal artery
    • Auriculotemporal nerve
    Infratemporal Fossa
     It is an irregular space deep and
    inferior to the zygomatic arch, deep to
    the ramus of the mandible, and
    posterior to the maxilla.
     It communicates with the temporal
    fossa deep to the zygomatic arch and
    the pterygopalatine fossa through the
    pterygomaxillary fissure.
    • The infratemporal fossa has
     a roof, and
     lateral and medial walls,
     and is open to the neck
    posteroinferiorly, i.e. the fossa has no
    anatomical floor
    The Roof
    The roof is formed by the
     infratemporal surfaces of the temporal
    bone and
     of the greater wing of the sphenoid.
     it contains the foramena ovale and
    spinosum and the petrotympanic
    fissure.
     it is open superiorly to the temporal
    fossa
    Medial wall
    The medial wall is formed
     anteriorly by the lateral pterygoid plate of the
    pterygoid process of the sphenoid
     postero-medially by the pharynx and tensor and
    levator veli palatini.
     It contains the pterygomaxillary fissure across
    which structures pass between the infratemporal
    and pterygopalatine fossae (Fig. 31.1).
    Lateral Wall
    The lateral wall is formed by the medial
    surface of the ramus of the mandible.
    Contents
     lateral and medial pterygoid muscles,
     the mandibular division of the
    trigeminal nerve,
     the chorda tympani branch of the
    facial nerve,
     the otic parasympathetic ganglion,
     the maxillary artery and
     the pterygoid venous plexus
    The Pterygoid Muscles
    The pterygoid muscles are muscles of
    mastication. They arise from the two
    sides of the lateral pterygoid plate and
    insert onto the mandible
    The deeper and larger medial pterygoid
    muscle courses from the medial side of
    the plate to the angle of the mandible. It
    acts to pull the mandible up and
    forward during chewing.
    • The lateral pterygoid courses from the
    lateral side of the plate to the condylar
    process of the mandible. It has two
    heads. The larger oblique head acts
    much as the medial pterygoid muscle.
    The smaller horizontal head pulls the
    mandibular condyle forward during
    jaw opening.
    The maxillary artery
     This is the main arterial supply to the
    infratemporal fossa.
      This is the largest terminal branch of
    the external carotid artery
     It arises just posterior to the neck of
    the mandible in the substance of the
    parotid gland and courses through the
    fossa to end in the pterygomaxillary
    fissure. 
     It usually lies lateral (superficially to the
    lateral pterygoid muscle, but it can sometimes
    lie on the deep side of the muscles
     Its branches are:
    i) The middle meningeal artery,
    ii) The inferior alveolar artery
    iii) deep temporal artery
    iv) buccal artery
    v) sphenopalatine artery.
    Pterygoid Plexus
     Veins corresponding to the branches of the
    maxillary artery form a plexus on the lateral
    and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid
    muscle called the pterygoid plexus . The
    pterygoid plexus has anumber of connections.
     The pterygoid plexus communicates directly
    with the internal jugular venous system, via
    the retromandibular vein,
     it also with the facial vein, via a deep facial
    vein,

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