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sphenoid bone pterygoid process

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the process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial); the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

sphenoid bone pterygoid process

Synonyms
  • processus pterygoideus
  • processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis
  • pterygoid process
  • pterygoid process of sphenoid
  • pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
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Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis [ FMA : TA FMA : 54682 ]

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: part_of anterior quadratocranial commissure (AAO:0010061)[AAO]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray145.png

editor note

TODO - check AAO:0000521-pterygoid and MA:0001471-pterygoid bone. MA also has 'inner plate of pterygoid process' as a syn for MA:0001471, FMA has lateral/medial plates. Seems likely inner = lateral (see MP:0004452).

external definition

Process that projects from posterior margin of commissure into subocular space.[AAO]

has related synonym

pterygoid process, pterygoid processes, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid processus, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone, pterygoid plate

id

UBERON:0004649