pterygoid lamina
Look at other dictionaries:
pterygoid lamina — noun : one of the two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the mammalian sphenoid bone … Useful english dictionary
pterygoid muscle — noun muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw • Hypernyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle * * * noun : either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a. : an external muscle that arises from the… … Useful english dictionary
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
pterygoid plate lateral — lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei … Medical dictionary
pterygoid plate medial — lamina medialis processus pterygoidei … Medical dictionary
Lamina — A plate or layer. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae, usually just called the lamina, are plates of bone in each vertebral body. * * * SYN: plate (1). SEE ALSO: layer, stratum. [L] l. affixa [TA] that part of the medial ependymal wall of the … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid — Schädelbasis einer Katze, Flügelbein blau koloriert Das Flügelbein (Os pterygoideum), auch als Pterygoid bezeichnet, ist ein schmaler dünner Knochen des Schädels der Wirbeltiere, welches sich innen dem Flügelfortsatz (Processus pterygoideus) des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei — [TA] lateral pterygoid plate: either of a pair of bony plates projecting downward from the roots of the greater wings of the sphenoid bone and forming the medial wall of the ipsilateral infratemporal fossa … Medical dictionary
lamina medialis processus pterygoidei — [TA] medial pterygoid plate: either of a pair of bony plates projecting inferiorly from the roots of the greater wings of the sphenoid bone and forming the lateral boundary of the ipsilateral posterior aperture of the nasal cavity and the most… … Medical dictionary
Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
