The infratemporal fossa, Name infratemporal fossa, is an irregular space behind the maxilla and sacrum.
Infratemporal fossa
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The infratemporal fossa, Name infratemporal fossa, is an irregular space behind the maxilla and sacrum.
- Name
- Infratemporal fossa
- Name
- infratemporal fossa
- Location
- Posterior maxillary body and sacrum
- Nature
- Irregular gap
Infratemporal fossa
The infratemporal fossa is an irregular space behind the maxillary body and the sacrum, which houses the masticatory muscles and vascular nerves, etc., and leads upward to the temporal fossa. The anterior wall of the fossa is the maxilla and sacrum, the outer wall is the temporal bone, the inner wall is the lateral plate of the pterygoid, the outer wall is the mandibular branch, and the lower wall and the posterior wall are vacant. This fossa communicates with the middle cranial fossa by oval holes and spines. Borrow forward through the suborbital fissure through the orbit, and borrow inwardly the pterygopalatine fossa between the maxilla and the sphenoid pterygoid.
