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Temporal fossa

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Latin
  
fossa temporalis

FMA
  
75307

TA
  
A02.1.00.022

Temporal fossa

The temporal fossa is a shallow depression on the side of the skull bounded by the temporal lines and terminating below the level of the zygomatic arch.

Contents

Boundaries

  • Medial: frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and sphenoid bone.
  • Lateral: Temporal fascia
  • Anterior: Posterior surface of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and the posterior surface of the zygomatic process of the frontal bone.
  • Superior: Pair of temporal lines (superior and inferior temporal lines) that arch across the skull from the zygomatic process of the frontal bone to the supramastoid crest of the temporal bone
  • Inferior: Zygomatic arch laterally and by the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid medially.

    • Temporal & Infratemporal Fossa

  • Osteology
  • Temporal fossa, boundaries & contents
  • Infratemporal fossa, boundaries & contents
  • Muscles of mastication
  • Maxillary artery
  • Pterygoid venous plexus
  • Mandibular nerve
  • Temporomandibular Joint

    • Contents

  • Temporalis muscle
  • Deep temporal arteries
  • Deep temporal nerves
  • Superficial temporal artery (from external carotid)
  • Zygomaticotemporal nerve

    • References

    Temporal fossa Wikipedia
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