Infratemporal Fossa [fossa infratemporalis]

topical
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Terms

podspánková jáma

Definition

The compartment that lies posterior to the MAXILLA and inferior to the side wall of the SKULL deep to the ramus of the MANDIBLE. It contains several FACIAL NERVES and the CAROTID ARTERIES and the JUGULAR VEINS.

Annotation
NIM when merely locational; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS
DUI
D000080884 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000648572
History note
2020
Public note
2020

A Anatomy
A01.456 Head 550
A01.456.830 Skull Base 101
A01.456.830.150 Cranial Fossa, Anterior 6
A01.456.830.165 Cranial Fossa, Middle 3
A01.456.830.200 Cranial Fossa, Posterior 66
A01.456.830.600 Infratemporal Fossa 1
A01.456.830.800 Parapharyngeal Space 1
A02.835 Skeleton 249
A02.835.232 Bone and Bones 1 630
A02.835.232.781 Skull 551
A02.835.232.781.750 Skull Base 101
A02.835.232.781.750.150 Cranial Fossa, Anterior 6
A02.835.232.781.750.165 Cranial Fossa, Middle 3
A02.835.232.781.750.400 Cranial Fossa, Posterior 66
A02.835.232.781.750.700 Infratemporal Fossa 1
A02.835.232.781.750.850 Parapharyngeal Space 1