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
Term information
- FMA:54682
- AAO:0010086
- Wikipedia:Pterygoid_processes_of_the_sphenoid
- MA:0002774
- SCTID:140390001
pheno_slim
relationship loss: part_of anterior quadratocranial commissure (AAO:0010061)[AAO]
TODO - check AAO:0000521-pterygoid and MA:0001471-pterygoid bone. MA also has 'inner plate of pterygoid process' as a syn for MA:0001471, FMA has lateral/medial plates. Seems likely inner = lateral (see MP:0004452).
Process that projects from posterior margin of commissure into subocular space.[AAO]
pterygoid process
processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis
pterygoid processes
pterygoid processus
pterygoid plate
pterygoid process of sphenoid bone