| 1
.
| Temporal fossa |
| 2
.
| Upper pointer: Auricular cartilage (cut across) Lower pointer: Skin of external acoustic meatus |
| 3
.
| Zygomatic process temporal bone (cut across) |
| 4
.
| Upper pointer: External acoustic meatus Lower pointer: Cartilaginous acoustic meatus (covered by membrane) |
| 5
.
| Upper pointer: Masseteric nerve Lower pointer: Articular disc of mandible |
| 6
.
| Auriculotemporal nerve |
| 7
.
| Upper pointer: Pterygoid venous plexus Lower pointer: Middle meningeal artery |
| 8
.
| Superficial temporal artery |
| 9
.
| Internal maxillary artery |
| 10
.
| Middle temporal artery |
| 11
.
| Dura mater exposed in dissected area of temporal bone |
| 12
.
| Petrosquamous fissure |
| 13
.
| Mastoid cells (opened) |
| 14
.
| Splenius capitis muscle (cut away) |
| 15
.
| Auricular branch vagus nerve (cut off) |
| 16
.
| Posterior auricular nerve |
| 17
.
| Upper pointer: Anastomotic branch auriculotemporal nerve with facial nerve Lower pointer: Facial nerve |
| 18
.
| Upper pointer: Mastoid process Lower pointer: Tendon of sternocleidomastoid muscle |
