NasalRegion
1
Plate49
Articular tubercle
Lateral pterygoid muscle
(superior and inferior heads)
Sphenomandibular ligament
Medial pterygoid muscle
Parotid duct (of Stensen)
Buccinator muscle
Pterygomandibular raphe
Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Sphenomandibular ligament
Masseteric nerve
Otic ganglion
Choanae
Internal carotid artery
Middle meningeal artery
Auriculotemporal nerve
Medial pterygoid nerve
Masseteric artery
Maxillary artery
Inferior alveolar nerve
Lingual nerve
Medial pterygoid muscle
Medial pterygoid plate
Pterygoid hamulus
Nerve to mylohyoid
Lateral pterygoid plate
Foramen ovale
Cartilaginous part of pharyngotympanic
(auditory, eustachian) tube
Temporomandibular joint
Lateral pterygoid muscle
(superior and inferior heads)
Medial pterygoid muscle
Tensor veli palatini muscle (
cut
)
Levator veli palatini muscle (c
ut
)
Pterygoid hamulus
Lateral view
Posterior view
Articular disc of
temporomandibular joint
MusclesInvolvedinMastication(continued)
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