Infratemporal Fossa, Maxillary Artery, Muscles of Mastication and V3 Flashcards
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What is the only trigeminal division that carries both motor and sensory?
V3 mandibular branch
What are the CN that are general visceral efferents and parasympathetics? How do these travel to the head?
3,7,9,10 and they travel by jumping onto 5 to get to their target
What makes up the temporal region?
the temporal and infratemporal areas
Where do you find the infratemporal fossa?
deep to the mandible and inferior to zygomatic arch
What is the anterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
What is the medial boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
What is the lateral boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
What is the posterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
maxillary bone
lateral pterygoid plate
ramus
parts of temporal bone
What is the infratermporal fossa continuous with?
the temporal fossa
What is the inferior border of the infratemporal fossa?
there isnt one, it is actually open but the medial pterygoid muscle holds it in place
What do you call the point between the body and the ramus of the mandible?
the angle of the mandible
What the space between the mastoid process and styloid process? What passes through this?
the styloidmastoid foramen
CN 7
Once CN7 passes through the styloidmastoid foramen, what kind of fibers does it mainly carry? What does it give off here?
motor
5 terminal branches of facial expression (temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, cervical)
What is the fissure between the pterygoid plate and the maxilla? Why is this significant?
the pterygomaxillary fissure
this is how things get into and out of the Pterygopalatine fossa
What artery runs from the infratemporal fossa through the pterygomaxillary fissure and through the pterygopalantine fossa?
the terminal branch of the maxillary artery called the pterygopalatine portion or 3rd portion
So the foramen ovale and the foramen spinosum are wildly important, because one of the foramen has something neat coming out of the cranium and one has something neat going into the cranium….what are they?
coming out of the foramen ovale is the V3 (mandibular) nerve
going into the foramen spinosum is the middle meningeal artery
Once the mandibular nerve (v3) comes out of the foramen ovale, where does it go?
into the infratemporal fossa :)
What are the lateral and medial pterygoid plate a part of?
the sphenoid bone
where is the mandibular fossa?
underneath the zygomatic process where it meats the condylar process
What are four bony structures found on the mandible?
condylar process (articulation w/ temporal bone) mandibular notch (below condylar process) mandibular foramen (place for anesthesia) coronoid process (crown next to mandibular foramen)
What is the TMJ?
temporomandibular joint
What do you find in the mandibular foramen and why is this significant?
you find the blood vessels and nerves to the mandible i.e. nerve supply to lower teeth (important for anesthesia)
How many joint cavities does the TMJ have and what are they?
2 cavities
superior joint cavity, a disc and inferior joint cavity
Explain the composition of the TMJ?
superior joint cavity, a disc, inferior joint cavity surrounded by strong ligamentous capsule. With a muscle that attaches from the condyle (of the mandible) to the disc.
What is the muscle called that connects the condyle (of mandible) to the disc of the TMJ?
the lateral pterygoid muscle (a muscle of mastication)
What does the lateral pterygoid muscle do?
it pulls both the condyle (of mandible) and the disc of the TMJ anteriorly
What happens when you open your jaw to your mandibular joint?
the mandibular condyle will move forward anteriorly on the mandibular fossa and then ride over the articular tubercle