Preferred Label : zygomatic fossa;
Uberon definition : 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 superior maxillary
bone and the ridge which descends from its malar process; behind, by the posterior
border of the external pterygoid plate and the eminentia articularis; above, by the
pterygoid ridge on the outer surface of the great wing of the sphenoid and the under
part of the squamous portion of the temporal; below by the alveolar border of the
superior 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.;
Origin ID : 0013468;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- part of
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 superior maxillary
bone and the ridge which descends from its malar process; behind, by the posterior
border of the external pterygoid plate and the eminentia articularis; above, by the
pterygoid ridge on the outer surface of the great wing of the sphenoid and the under
part of the squamous portion of the temporal; below by the alveolar border of the
superior 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.
