Pterygoid fovea

Concave surface on the medial side of the condyloid process of the mandible From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pterygoid fovea

The pterygoid fovea (occasionally called the pterygoid pit or the pterygoid depression) is located on the mandible. It is a concave surface on the medial side of the neck of the condyloid process of the mandible. It is located posterior to the mandibular notch and inferior to the mandibular condyle. The pterygoid fovea is the site of insertion for the inferior head of the lateral pterygoid muscle.[1][2]

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Pterygoid fovea
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Medial side of mandible. (Pterygoid fovea not labelled, but indicated as the insertion for the pterygoideus externus on the upper left.)
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Latinfovea pterygoidea
TA98A02.1.15.038
TA2875
FMA59478
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