Infratemporal crest 4886238 108887058 2007-02-17T18:59:45Z Caerwine 347371 restub {{Infobox Bone | Name = Infratemporal crest | Latin = crista infratemporalis | GraySubject = 35 | GrayPage = 150 | Image = Gray146.png | Caption = [[Sphenoid bone]]. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Infratemporal crest labeled at center left.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | System = | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = c_62 | DorlandsSuf = 12266685 | }} The lateral surface of the [[great wing]] 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]]. ==Additional images== <gallery> Image:Gray189.png|Left infratemporal fossa. </gallery> ==External links== * {{RocheLexicon|34257.000-1}} {{Gray's}} {{Skull}} {{musculoskeletal-stub}}