Pterygoid fossa

Pterygoid fossa
Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Pterygoid fossa labeled at left.)
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Identifiers
Latinfossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis
TA98A02.1.05.046
TA2632
FMA84970
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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