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MeSH Heading: Infratemporal Fossa
Tree Number(s): A01.456.830.600; A02.835.232.781.750.700
Unique ID: D000080884
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080884
Annotation: NIM when merely locational; neoplasms: coordinate with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS
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.
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
Date Introduced: 2020/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Infratemporal Fossa MeSH Descriptor Data 2026