Infratemporal crest

Infratemporal crest
Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Infratemporal crest labeled at center left.)
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Identifiers
Latin	crista infratemporalis
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_62/12266685
TA	A02.1.05.028
FMA	54793
Anatomical terms of bone []

The lateral surface of the great wing of the sphenoid is convex, and divided by a transverse ridge, the infratemporal crest, into two portions.

The superior or temporal portion, convex from above downward, concave from before backward, forms a part of the temporal fossa, and gives attachment to the Temporalis; the inferior or infratemporal, smaller in size and concave, enters into the formation of the infratemporal fossa, and, together with the infratemporal crest, affords attachment to the Pterygoideus externus.

Left infratemporal fossa.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)