medial pterygoid plate
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Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
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 — can refer to: Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid plate This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the l … 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
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
Lateral pterygoid plate — Infobox Bone Name = Lateral pterygoid plate Latin = lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Medial wall of left orbit. (Label pterygoid plate labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Sphenoid bone, anterior… … Wikipedia
pterygoid canal — n an anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve called also Vidian canal * * * canalis pterygoideus … Medical dictionary
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
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
