The pterygoid processes of the sphenoid (from Greek pteryx, pterygos, "wing"), one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the regions where the...

Rostrum of sphenoid Sphenoidal conchae Vaginal processes of medial pterygoid plate Sphenoidal crest articulates with the perpendicular plate of ethmoid...

The lateral pterygoid muscle (or external pterygoid muscle) is a muscle of mastication. It has two heads. It lies superior to the medial pterygoid muscle...

sinuses, the pair rarely is symmetrical. When exceptionally large, the sphenoid sinuses may extend into the roots of the pterygoid processes or greater...

In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the...

Pterygoid, from the Greek for 'winglike', may refer to: Pterygoid bone, a bone of the palate of many vertebrates Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone...

medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. The lateral and medial pterygoid plates (of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone) diverge behind and enclose...

The pterygoid hamulus is a hook-like process at the lower extremity of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone of the skull. It is the superior...

medial side of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and to the perpendicular lamina of the palatine bone. "Origin of the pterygoid bone and pharyngeal...

between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. They contribute to the walls of three cavities: the floor and lateral walls of the nasal...

The Pterygoid notch (incisura pterygoidea) is a notch on the inferior portion of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone, between the medial and lateral...

and/or root of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone. These tumors may expand into various other nearby structures including the cranial cavity...

the scaphoid fossa of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid anteriorly[citation needed], the (medial aspect of the) spine of sphenoid bone posteriorly,...

interval, formed by the divergence of the maxilla from the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It connects the infratemporal with the pterygopalatine fossa...

from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backward. The greater wings of the sphenoid are two strong processes of bone...

base of the medial pterygoid plate, with which it will be described. Body of sphenoid bone Body of sphenoid bone Body of sphenoid bone Dutton, Jonathan...

process of the medial pterygoid plate of sphenoid bone. The medial border articulates with ala of vomer. The orbital and sphenoidal processes are separated...

zygomatic processes (of the temporal bone), ethmoid bone, vomer, nasal concha, nasal bones, and pterygoid processes (of the sphenoid bone). The maxillary...

can include the body of the sphenoid bone, the vomer, the medial pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone...

anterior surface of the greater wing of sphenoid bone medial: perpendicular plate of the palatine bone and its orbital and sphenoidal processes lateral: pterygomaxillary...

Pterygopalatine is used to refer to structures of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid and the palatine bone. Specifically, it can refer to: Pterygopalatine...

(20 in) depending on the species. The pterygoid crest, which is located on the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone, does not cover the optic foramen, which...

with the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid. It gives origin to a few fibers of the medial pterygoid muscle. This article incorporates text in the public...

zygomatic process. This contains the alveolar canal. posteriorly, by the tympanic part of the temporal bone, and the spina angularis of the sphenoid. superiorly...

vaginal processes of the medial pterygoid plates of the sphenoid behind, and with the sphenoidal processes of the palatine bones in front. The inferior...

process: The pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone or processus pterygospinosus. Foramen of Civinini: Foramen pterygospinosum. NCBI Discovery of Plantar...

descriptions of satisfactory pterygoid process and the sphenoid bone and clinoid bone tear. He gave a good description of the sphenoid sinus in an adult...

plate of the sphenoid bone. The pterygospinous process is attached pterygospinous ligament which stretches towards the spine of the sphenoid. http://www...

temporal bones, two parietal bones, the sphenoid, ethmoid and frontal bones. The bones of the facial skeleton (14) are the vomer, two inferior nasal conchae...

between the ala of the vomer and the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, medial to the palatovaginal canal, and lead into the anterior end of the palatovaginal...