The process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial); the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes. [ MP:0004452 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]
Synonyms: processus pterygoideus pterygoid process processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis pterygoid process of sphenoid pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
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- Wikipedia:Pterygoid_processes_of_the_sphenoid
- AAO:0010086
- FMA:54682
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