{"id":2598,"date":"2020-10-26T13:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/head-and-neck\/head\/regions\/retromandibular-fossa\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:29:15","slug":"retromandibular-fossa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/head\/fossae-and-spaces\/retromandibular-fossa\/","title":{"rendered":"Retromandibular fossa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"intro\">The retromandibular fossa is a space located posterior to the ramus of the mandible, occupied mostly by the parotid gland.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_23674\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/retromandibular-fossa.png\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Retromandibular fossa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/retromandibular-fossa-600x525.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23674\"\/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Location of the retromandibular fossa<\/strong>\u00a0(Credit: Patrick J. Lynch,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Borders<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"pure-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Anterior<\/strong><\/td><td>Ramus of the mandible<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Posterior<\/strong><\/td><td>Mastoid process of the temporal bone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Superior<\/strong><\/td><td>Tympanic part of the temporal bone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Medial<\/strong><\/td><td>Styloid process of the temporal bone<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption><strong>Table 1. Borders of the retromandibular fossa<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Contents<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Deep part of the parotid gland<\/li><li>Facial nerve and its branches<\/li><li>Auriculotemporal nerve<\/li><li>External carotid artery and maxillary artery<\/li><li>Retromandibular vein<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Borders<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contents<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borders Anterior Ramus of the mandible Posterior Mastoid process of the temporal bone Superior Tympanic part of the temporal bone Medial Styloid process of the temporal bone Table 1. Borders of the retromandibular fossa Contents Deep part of the parotid gland Facial nerve and its branches Auriculotemporal nerve External carotid artery and maxillary artery Retromandibular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2123,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Retromandibular fossa &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/head\/fossae-and-spaces\/retromandibular-fossa\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/head\\\/fossae-and-spaces\\\/retromandibular-fossa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/head\\\/fossae-and-spaces\\\/retromandibular-fossa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Retromandibular fossa &#8211; 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