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Pterygoid fossa
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Not to be confused with Pterygoid fovea.
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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Pterygoid fossa | |
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![]() Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Pterygoid fossa labeled at left.) | |
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Latin | fossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.046 |
TA2 | 632 |
FMA | 84970 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
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