| Term 
 
        | what is theposterior and superior boundry of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the anterior boundry of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | frontal and zygomatic bones |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the lateral boundry of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the boundry of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | infratemporal crest of the spenoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is forms the floor of the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | frontal, temporal, sphenoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the contents of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | temporalis muscle and fascia, deep temporal nerves and vessels, superificial temporal vessels, auticouotemporal nerve |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the anterior boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
 
        | posterior aspect of the maxilla |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the medial boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the lateral boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the superior boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
 
        | inferior surface of the greater wing of sphenoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the posterior boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
 
        | tympanic plate and mastoid and styloid process of the temporal bone |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the inferior boundry of the infratemporal fosssa |  | Definition 
 
        | site of attachment of the medial petrygoid to the mandible near its angle |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what type of joint is the temporomandibular joint |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the articular surfaces of the temporomandibular joint |  | Definition 
 
        | mandibular condyle, mandibular fossa and atricular tubercle of the temporal bone |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the articular disc made of |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the articular disc do |  | Definition 
 
        | divedes joint compartments of the temporomandibular joint into superior and inferior |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the function of the superior joint compartment of the temporomandibular joint |  | Definition 
 
        | gliding movements of protrusion and retrusion |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the function of the inferior joint compartment of the temporomandibular joint |  | Definition 
 
        | hinge movements of depression and elevation |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the articular disc attach, on what side |  | Definition 
 
        | peripherally attached to joint capsule, anteromedially attaches tendon of lateral patrygoig |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the articular capsule connect to, on what side |  | Definition 
 
        | superior to the articular tubercle and margins of th emandibular fossa, inferior to the neck of mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what lines the joint capsule, in what location |  | Definition 
 
        | synovial membrane above and below the articular disc, but does not cover it |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the temporomandibular joint ligaments |  | Definition 
 
        | temporomandibular ligament (lateral ligament), stylomandibular ligament, sphenomandibular ligament |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the muscles of mastication |  | Definition 
 
        | temporalis, masseter, medial petrygoid, lateral pateygoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the muscles of mastication innervated by |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the temporalis |  | Definition 
 
        | inferior temporal line, temporal fossa, temporalis fascia |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the insertion of the temporalis |  | Definition 
 
        | coronoid process and anterior surface of the ramus of the mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the innervation of the temporalis |  | Definition 
 
        | anterior to posterior deep temporal nerves |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the actions of the temporalis |  | Definition 
 
        | elevation of mandible, retrusion of mandible, right and left lateral movements |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the masseter |  | Definition 
 
        | inferior border and medial surface of the maxillary process of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic arch |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the insertion of the masseter |  | Definition 
 
        | angle and lateral surface of the mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the innervation of the masseter |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the actions of the masseter |  | Definition 
 
        | elevation of mandible, retrusion of mandible, right and left lateral movements, protrusion of the mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the superior head of the lateral petrygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | infratemporal surface of the greater wing |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the inferior head of the lateral petrygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | lateral surface of the lateral petrygoid plate |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the insertion of the lateral pateygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | mostly the petrygoid fovea on the anterior surface of th eneck of the mandible. some from the superior head on the joint capsule and articular disc of temporomandibular joint |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the innervation of the lateral pateygoid |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the actions of the lateral petrygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | protrusion of the mandible, depression of the mandible, right and left lateral chewing and grinding |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the medial petrygoid deep head |  | Definition 
 
        | medial surface of the lateral pateygoid plate |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the origin of the medial pateygoid superificial head |  | Definition 
 
        | tuberosity of the maxilla |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the insertion of the medial paetrygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | medial surface of the angle of the mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the actions of the lateral petrygoid |  | Definition 
 
        | elevate mandible, protrude mandible, right and left lateral chewing and grinding |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what communicates with the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | temporal fossa, orbit, middle cranial fossa, petrygopalatine fossa |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | how does the temporal fossa communicate with the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | space between zygomatic arch and cranial wall |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | how does the orbit communicate with the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | how does the middle cranial fossa communicate with the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | through foramen ovale and foramen spinosum |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | how does the pterygopalatine fossa communicate with the infratemporal fossa |  | Definition 
 
        | via pterygomaxillary fissure |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the contents of the infratemporal cossa |  | Definition 
 
        | medial and lateral pterygoid muscles, mandibular division of v (V3), otic ganglion, chorda typani, maxillary artery and its branches, maxillary vein and pterygoid venous plexus |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve consist of |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | describe the path of the mandibular division of the trigemnial nerve |  | Definition 
 
        | exits middle cranial fossa via foramen ovale, enters infratemporal fossa, divides into anterior and posterior |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where do branches come off of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve |  | Definition 
 
        | main trunk, anterior and posterior divisions |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the branches of the main trunk of V3 |  | Definition 
 
        | nerve to medial pterygoid, meningeal branch |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the nerve to the medial petrygoid supply |  | Definition 
 
        | medial pterygoid and gives small branch to tensor tympani and tensor veli palatini |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is another name for the meningeal branch of V3 |  | Definition 
 
        | nervus spinosus, recurrant branch of V3 to dura mater |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where does the meningeal branch of V3 enter the middle crainial fossa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the meningeal branch of V3 innervate |  | Definition 
 
        | dura mater of middle crainial fossa |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the anterior branches of V3 |  | Definition 
 
        | nerve to masseter, nerve to lateral petrygoid, deep temporal nerve, buccal nerve |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the nerve to the masseter of V3 innervate |  | Definition 
 
        | masseter, some sensory to anterior aspect of TMJ |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the nerve to the lateral patrygoid innervate |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the deep temporal nerves branch into |  | Definition 
 
        | anterior and posterior branches, sometimes a middle |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the buccal nerve innervate, what fibers |  | Definition 
 
        | sensory to the skin and mucosa of the cheek |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the posterior branches of V3 |  | Definition 
 
        | autoculotemporal nerve, inferior aveolar, nerve to mylohyoid, lingual nerve |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | describe the location of the auriculotemporal nerve |  | Definition 
 
        | two roots encircle the middle meningeal artery and reuinte posterior to the artery |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the auriculotemporal nerve supply |  | Definition 
 
        | sensory innervation to auricle, external audutory meatus, tympanic membrane, tempromandibular joint, scalp |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what fibers does the inferior aveolar have |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the inferior aveolar nerve first enter |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the inferior aveolar nerve supply when it enters the mandible |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where does the inferior aveolar nerve go after the mandible |  | Definition 
 
        | exits at mental foramen, provides sensory to skin and mucosa of lower lip and chin |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the final branch of the inferior aveolar nerve, where is it |  | Definition 
 
        | before it enters the mandibular foramen, it gives off the nerve to mylohyoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what fibers does the nerve to the mylohoyid contain |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the nerve to mylohyoid innervate |  | Definition 
 
        | mylohyoid and anterior belly of digastric |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the lingual nerve supply |  | Definition 
 
        | sensory infor to anterior 2/3 of tounge and mucosa floor of mouth |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what joins the lingual nerve, where |  | Definition 
 
        | high in the infratemporal fossa by chorda tympani |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what type of ganglion is the otic ganglion |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the oric ganglion located |  | Definition 
 
        | inferior to foramen ovale and medial to V3 |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what nerves come out of oric ganglion |  | Definition 
 
        | tympanic branch, lesser petrosal, part of auriculotemporal |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the tympanic branch form |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the tympanic plexus supply |  | Definition 
 
        | mucosa of tympanic cavity |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what type of fibers leave the tympanic plexus, as what nerve |  | Definition 
 
        | preganglionic parasympathetic, lesser petrosal |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where does the lesser petrosal nerve synapse |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the postganglionic fibers of the oric ganglion formm |  | Definition 
 
        | parrt of auriculotemporal nerve |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the postganglionic parasympathetic fibers of the oric ganglion innervate parotid gland |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where does the chorda tympani originate |  | Definition 
 
        | cn VII in facial canal just above stylomastoid foramen |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | describe the path of the chorda tympani after its origin |  | Definition 
 
        | enters tympanic cavity and courses across medial side of tympanic membrane, exits temporal bone via petrotympanic fissure, enters infratemporal fossa to join lingual nervve |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what fibers does the chorda tympani contain |  | Definition 
 
        | sensory or taste, preganglionic fibers, postganglionic fibers |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the chorda tympani innervate |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where do the preganglionic fibers of the chorda tympani synapse |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the post ganglionic fibers of the chorda tympani innervate |  | Definition 
 
        | submandibular and sublingual salivary glands |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the parts of the maxillary artery |  | Definition 
 
        | 1. mandibular 2. petrygoid
 3. petrygopalatine
 |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the mandibular part of maxillary artery located |  | Definition 
 
        | between neck of mandible and sphenomandibular ligament |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what accompanies the mandibular part of maxillary artery |  | Definition 
 
        | autoculotemporal nerve, maxillary vein |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the branches of the maxillary artery |  | Definition 
 
        | deep auricular, anterior tympanic, middle meningeal, accessory meningeal, inferior aveolar |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the deep auricular artery supply |  | Definition 
 
        | external auditory meatus and outer tympanic membrane |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the path of the anterior tympanic artery |  | Definition 
 
        | passes through petrotympanic fissure with chorda tympani to sypply mucosa of the tympanic cavity |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the path of the middle meningeal artery |  | Definition 
 
        | passes between roots of auriculotemporal nerve, through foramen spinosum, to middle cranial foss |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the middle meningela artery supply |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the path of the accessory meningeal artery |  | Definition 
 
        | passes through foramen ovale |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the accessory meningeal artery supply |  | Definition 
 
        | trigeminal ganglion and adjacent dura mater |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the inferior aveolar artery accompanied by, where |  | Definition 
 
        | inferior aveolar nerve in mandibular canal |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | describe the path of the inferior aveolar artery |  | Definition 
 
        | mandibular calal, exits via mental foramen with mental nerve, gives off artery to mylohyoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where does the inferior aveolar artery give off its branch |  | Definition 
 
        | right before entering the mandibular foramen |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the pterygoid part of the maxillary artery |  | Definition 
 
        | passes anterior and superior in the infratemporal fossa |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the branches of the petrygoid part of maxillary artery |  | Definition 
 
        | masseteric artery, anterior and posterior deep temporal arteries, petrygoid arteries, buccal artery |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the branches of the petrygoid part of the maxillary artery supply |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the massetetic artery supply |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the anterior and posterior deep temporal arteries supply |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what do the petrygoid arteries supply |  | Definition 
 
        | medial and lateral patrygoids |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the buccal artery supply |  | Definition 
 
        | buccinator, skin of cheek, mucosa of oral cavity |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the petrygoid venous plexus |  | Definition 
 
        | network of veins between temporalis and petrygoid muscles |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what veins drain into the petrygoid venous plexus |  | Definition 
 
        | most of the branches of the mexillary artery |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the petrygoid venous plexus communicate with |  | Definition 
 
        | cavernous sinus, inferior opthalmic vein, facial vein via deep facial vein |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | how does the petrygoid venous plexus communicate with the cavernus sinus |  | Definition 
 
        | small veins passing through foramen ovale, foramen lacreum, and sometimes sphenoidal emissary foramen |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is beneath the petryon |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what forms the floor of the temporal fossa |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the stylomandibular ligament located |  | Definition 
 
        | angle of mandible to styloid process |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the sphenomandibular ligament located |  | Definition 
 
        | lingula to spine of sphenoid |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the infratemporal fossa in relation to the temporal |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | where is the pterigomaxillary fissure |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the parts of the TMJ, which is more anterior |  | Definition 
 
        | fibrous capsule and lateral ligament (anterior) |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what does the TMJ connect |  | Definition 
 
        | temporal bone to mandible |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the deep temporal nerve a branch of |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what is the masseteric nerve a branch of |  | Definition 
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        | Term 
 
        | what are the parasympathetic ganglia of the head |  | Definition 
 
        | ciliary, otic, submandibular, petrogopalatine |  | 
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        | Term 
 
        | does everyone have an accessory meningeal nerve |  | Definition 
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