Figure 2. .

Photographs of dissected right and left infratemporal fossae. (a) The right infratemporal fossa shows the right lingual nerve traveling medially to enter the oral cavity and the right inferior alveolar nerve located laterally and entering the mandibular canal through the mandibular foramen. The nerve to mylohyoid is seen as a branch from the inferior alveolar nerve, as expected. White asterisks and arrows indicate the splitting of the inferior alveolar nerve around the maxillary artery. The white hashtag and arrow points to a nerve connecting the lingual and inferior alveolar nerves. (b) On the left side of the same donor body, dissection revealed a similar splitting of the left inferior alveolar nerve to surround the maxillary artery, indicated by white asterisks and arrows.