Pterygoid fossa | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | fossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.046 |
TA2 | 632 |
FMA | 84970 |
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.