medial plate of pterygoid process
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plate — 1. [TA] In anatomy, a thin, relative flat, structure. SYN: lamina [TA]. 2. A metal bar perforated for screws applied to a fractured bone to maintain the ends in apposition. 3. The agar layer within a Petri dish or similar … Medical dictionary
pterygoid plate — n either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone: a) a broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to the… … Medical dictionary
Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
Pterygoid fossa — Infobox Bone Name = Pterygoid fossa Latin = f. pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Pterygoid fossa labeled at left.) Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName =… … Wikipedia
Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Sphenoid bone, upper surface. Caption2 = Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Width = 300 MusclesOrigins =… … Wikipedia
pterygoid plate — noun : pterygoid lamina * * * pterygoid plate, either of the two sections, the lateral section or the medial section, that make up a pterygoid process … Useful english dictionary
Medial pterygoid muscle — Medial pterygoid The Pterygoidei; the zygomatic arch and a portion of the ramus of the mandible have been removed. (Internus is visible at center bottom.) … Wikipedia
pterygoid hamulus — n a hook shaped process forming the inferior extremity of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone and providing a support around which the tendon of the tensor veli palatini moves … Medical dictionary
Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid hamulus — Infobox Bone Name = Pterygoid hamulus Latin = hamulus pterygoideus GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Hamulus labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in… … Wikipedia
