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Structure
infratemporal fossa
Description
area medial to the angle of the mandible bounded above by the infratemporal surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, anteriorly by the alveolar border of the maxilla, laterally by the ramus of the mandible and deeply by the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone
Significance
infratemporal fossa has the foramen rotundum and foramen spinosum in its roof; maxillary a. and its branches are located here; branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V3) are located here
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