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Descriptor English: Infratemporal Fossa
Descriptor Spanish: Fosa Infratemporal
Descriptor fosa infratemporal
Entry term(s) fosa cigomática
Scope note: Compartimento situado posterior al MAXILAR, inferior a la pared lateral del CRÁNEO y en profundidad respecto de la rama de la MANDÍBULA. Contiene el NERVIO FACIAL, las ARTERIAS CARÓTIDAS y las VENAS YUGULARES.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fossa Infratemporal
Descriptor French: Fosse infratemporale
Entry term(s): Fossa, Infratemporal
Tree number(s): A01.456.830.600
A02.835.232.781.750.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080884
Scope note: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59130
Unique ID: D000080884
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Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/05/21
Infratemporal Fossa - Preferred
Concept UI M000648572
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Infratemporal Fossa
Entry term(s) Fossa, Infratemporal



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