pterygoid tuberosity
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tuberosity — A large tubercle or rounded elevation, especially from the surface of a bone. SYN: tuberositas [TA]. bicipital t. SYN: radial t.. calcaneal t. [TA] the posterior extremity of the calcaneus, or os calcis, forming the … Medical dictionary
Maxillary tuberosity — Bone: Maxillary tuberosity Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Maxillary tuberosity labeled at center right.) Latin tuber maxillae Gray s … Wikipedia
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
tuberositas — SYN: tuberosity. [LL., fr. L., tuberosus, full of lumps, fr. tuber, a knob] t. coracoidea SYN: tuberosity for coracoclavicular ligament. t. costalis SYN: impression for costoclavicular ligament. t. deltoidea (humeri) [TA] SYN: deltoid tuberosity… … Medical dictionary
tuberositas pterygoidea — [TA] pterygoid tuberosity: a roughened area on the inner side of the angle of the mandible for the insertion of the medial pterygoid muscle … Medical dictionary
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