Pterygoid fossa | |
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![]() Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Pterygoid fossa labeled at left.) | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | fossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.046 |
TA2 | 632 |
FMA | 84970 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
The pterygoid fossa is an anatomical term for the fossa formed by the divergence of the lateral pterygoid plate and the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone.
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Transcription
Structure
The lateral and medial pterygoid plates (of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone) diverge behind and enclose between them a V-shaped fossa, the pterygoid fossa. This fossa faces posteriorly, and contains the medial pterygoid muscle and the tensor veli palatini muscle.
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References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 151 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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