infratemporal fossa

English

Noun

infratemporal fossa (plural infratemporal fossae)

1. (anatomy) A fossa that is bounded above by the plane of the zygomatic arch, laterally by the ramus of the mandible, and medially by the pterygoid plate, and that contains the masseter and pterygoid muscles and the mandibular nerve.

Translations

anatomical fossa

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顳下窩／颞下窝 (nièxià wō)

References

• “infratemporal fossa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.