Temporal, Infratemporal, and Pterygopalatine Fossae

Question 1

Superior of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 1

Greater wing of sphenoid

Foramen ovale and spinosum

Question 2

Interior of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 2

No anatomic floor

Ends where medial pterygoid attaches to the mandible

Question 3

Lateral wall of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 3

Ramus and coronoid process of mandible

Question 4

Medial wall of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 4

Lateral pterygoid plate
Superior constrictor m.
Palatine bone

Question 5

Anterior wall of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 5

Maxilla

Question 6

Posterior wall of Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 6

No bony border

-Styloid process and condylar process of mandible

Question 7

Sphenomandibular ligament located in the

Answer 7

infratemporal fossa

Question 8

Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa: Foramen Spinosum

Answer 8

Middle meningeal artery
Middle meningeal vein
Meningeal nerve (from V3)

Question 9

Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa: Mandibular Fossa

Answer 9

TMJ

Question 10

Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa: Petrotympanic Fissure

Answer 10

Chorda tympani nerve (from VII)

Question 11

Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa: Infraorbital Fissure

Answer 11

CN V2

Question 12

Contents of the Infratemporal Fossa: Pterygomaxillary Fissure

Answer 12

Maxillary artery

Question 13

Venous Drainage of the Infratemporal Fossa

Answer 13

pterygoid plexus

Question 14

Major Contents of Pterygopalatine Fossa

Answer 14

Maxillary nerve (V2)
Maxillary artery
Pterygopalatine ganglion

Question 15

Which border of infratemporal fossa has no anatomic floors

Answer 15

inferior

Question 16

7 openings of pterygopalatine fossa

Answer 16

Foramen rotundum- middle cranial fossa
pterygoid canal
palatovaginal canal (nasopharynx)
inferior orbital fissure
palatine canal
pterygomaxillary fissure
spenopalatine foramen

Question 17

Pterygopalatine Fossa structures

Answer 17

PSA n. (from V2)
PSA a. and v.
3rd part of maxillary a.
Pterygoid plexus

Question 18

Foramen rotundum

Answer 18

Connects to the middle cranial fossa of the cranial cavity
Structures
Maxillary nerve (V2)

Question 19

Pterygoid canal aka

Answer 19

Vidian canal

Question 20

Palatovaginal or pharyngeal canal

Answer 20

Connects to the nasopharynx
Structures
Pharyngeal nerve (from V2)

Question 21

Inferior orbital fissure

Answer 21

Connects to the floor of the orbit
Structures 
Infraorbital nerves (from V2)
ASA (from V2)
MSA (from V2)
Zygomatic nerve (from V2)
Zygomaticotemporal n.
Zygomaticofacial n.
Infraorbital artery
Inferior ophthalmic v.

Question 22

Venous Drainage of the Pterygopalatine Fossa

Answer 22

pterygoid plexus

inferior opthalmic vein

Question 23

Innervation of temporal fossa

Answer 23

Deep temporal nerves (from V3)
Motor to temporalis
Auriculotemporal nerve (from V3)
Cutaneous 
Zygomaticotemporal nerve (from V2)
Cutaneous

Question 24

contents of temporal fossa

Answer 24

temporalis muscle

Question 25

What nerve travels through the spenopalatine foramen?

Answer 25

Nasal

Question 26

The spenopalatine foramen is superficial to the

Answer 26

Nasal cavity.

Question 27

The emissary veins travel with V3 and ___ through the ___

Answer 27

Lesser petrosal nerve; foramen ovale