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Deep Face and infratemporal fossa
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Anatomy
Graduate
04/13/2010

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what are the superior boundaries of the infratemporal fossa
Definition

-infratemporal surface on the greater wing of the sphenoid bone

-infratemporal surface of the temporal bones

Term
what is the medial boundary of the infratemporal fossa?
Definition
-lateral pterygoid plate
Term
what is the anterior boundary of the infratemporal fossa? 
Definition

posterior surface of the maxilla

buccinator muscle

Term
what is the lateral border of the infratemporal fossa
Definition

ramus

coronoid process 

condylar process

Term
what are the posterior boundaries of the infratemporal fossa
Definition

parotid gland

styloid muscles

internal carotid artery

Term
what is the inferior border of the infratemporal fossa
Definition
lower border of the mandible
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