Infratemporal fossa
The RCEM expects you to know the location of this region and to have an appreciation of the key contents of this region.
The infratemporal fossa lies between the mandible and the pharynx, beneath the skull base. It contains:
The infratemporal fossa lies between the mandible and the pharynx, beneath the skull base. It contains:
- pterygoid muscles
- pterygoid venous plexus
- retromandivular vein
- mandibular nerve
- chorda tympani
- otic ganglion
- maxillary artery
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