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Infratemporal fossa — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = fossa infratemporalis GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 184 Caption = Left infratemporal fossa. Caption2 = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = f 14 DorlandsSuf = 12376096 The infratemporal fossa is an… … Wikipedia
infratemporal fossa — noun : a fossa in man and some other vertebrates bounded above by the plane of zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and lodging the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve … Useful english dictionary
infratemporal crest — n a transverse ridge on the outer surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that divides it into a superior portion that contributes to the formation of the temporal fossa and an inferior portion that contributes to the formation of the… … Medical dictionary
Infratemporal crest — Infobox Bone Name = Infratemporal crest Latin = crista infratemporalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 150 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Infratemporal crest labeled at center left.) Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName … Wikipedia
fossa infratemporalis — [TA] infratemporal fossa: the area on the side of the cranium limited superiorly by the infratemporal crest, posteriorly by the mandibular fossa, anteriorly by the infratemporal surface of the maxilla, and laterally by the zygomatic arch and part … Medical dictionary
Infratemporal surface of the body of the maxilla — Infobox Bone Name = Infratemporal surface of the body of the maxilla Latin = facies infratemporalis corporis maxillae GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = 158 Caption = Left maxilla. Outer surface. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve =… … Wikipedia
infratemporal region — the area of the head on either side, about the infratemporal fossa … Medical dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
infratemporal — Below the temporal fossa. * * * in·fra·tem·po·ral .in frə tem p(ə )rəl adj situated below the temporal fossa * * * in·fra·tem·po·ral (in″frə temґpə rəl) inferior to the temple or temporal fossa; called also subtemporal … Medical dictionary
Posterior cranial fossa — Base of the skull. Upper surface. The Posterior cranial fossa is labeled in green. Latin fossa cranii posterior Gray s … Wikipedia
