Temporal fossa

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 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
• Zygomaticotemporal nerve

  Clinical significance

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