pterygoid process
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nounDefinition of PTERYGOID PROCESS
: a process extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals
First Known Use of PTERYGOID PROCESS
1741
pterygoid process
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of PTERYGOID PROCESS
: a process that extends downward from each side of the sphenoid bone near the union of its body and a greater wing, that consists of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates which are fused above anteriorly and separated below by the pterygoid fissure whose edges articulate with a process of the palatine bone, and that contains on its posterior aspect the pterygoid and scaphoid fossae which give attachment to muscles
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