- Zygomatic fossa
The Zygomatic Fossa is an irregularly shaped cavity, situated below and on the inner side of the
zygoma ; bounded, in front, by the zygomatic surface of the superiormaxillary bone and the ridge which descends from its malar process; behind, by the posterior border of the externalpterygoid plate and theeminentia articularis ; above, by thepterygoid ridge on the outer surface of the great wing of thesphenoid and the under part of the squamous portion of the temporal; below by thealveolar border of thesuperior maxilla ; internally, by the external pterygoid plate; and externally, by the zygomatic arch ramus of the lower jaw. It contains the lower part of the temporal, the External and Internal pterygoid muscles, the internal maxillary artery and vein, and inferior maxillary nerve and their branches. At its upper and inner part may be observed two fissures, the spheno-maxillary and pterygo-maxillary.External links and References
* Gray, Henry. 39th ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Media Group, 2003.
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