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Pterygopalatine fossa

Pterygopalatine fossa is a space in the cranial cavity in which no one actually knows the function. It is said to contain the facial nerve, but there is sertain exeptions. In poland 60% of the population has an absence of the cranial facial nerve, thus giving them a really sad face. Some poles has a total absence of this space, as their skulls are so deformed that the medial wall of the fossa is absent.