pterygoid process

In man it becomes the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone.

Pterygoid processes of the sphenoides which project from it posteriorly (below)

Extreme downgrowth of the pterygoid processes of the basisphenoid.

Civinini's process: The pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone or processus pterygospinosus.

A part of the gland may extend between the ramus and medial pterygoid as the pterygoid process.

The basisphenoid forms the posterior part of the base, while the pterygoid processes represent the pterygoid bones.

It is situated at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid.

Pterygopalatine is used to refer to structures of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid and the palatine bone.

The pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the regions where the body and great wings (alisphenoid) unite.

Serres' angle: Also known as the metafacial angle, an angle between the base of the skull and the pterygoid process.

The ectopterygoid is lightly built and composed of a distinct small subrectangular pterygoid process and a slender rod-like jugal process.

He was the first anatomist to publish descriptions of satisfactory pterygoid process and the sphenoid bone and bone clinoideo tear.

When exceptionally large they may extend into the roots of the pterygoid processes or great wings, and may invade the basilar part of the occipital bone.

The jugal does not contact the small laterally emarginated and medially constricted pterygoid process, the bones being separated by the maxilla and a gap.

The forward center of the ventral articulation ridge extends upwards and forward, and the pterygoid process is conspicuously expanded to the upper center in Osteodontornis.

The opening to the palatovaginal canal in the nasal cavity is located near the lateral margin of the ala of the vomer, at the roots of the pterygoid process.

The lateral and medial pteryoid plates (of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone) diverge behind and enclose between them a V-shaped fossa, the pterygoid fossa.

In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the Tensor veli palatini.

The Palate Bones (palatum, the palate) are situated at the back part of the nasal fossae: they are wedged in between the superior maxillary bones and the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid.

It is vertical, and descends at right angles from the medial end of the inferior orbital fissure; it is a triangular interval, formed by the divergence of the maxilla from the pterygoid process of the sphenoid.

Destruction of the base of skull (i.e., anterior cranial fossa), cavernous sinus, or the pterygoid process; infiltration of the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx; or nonresectable lymph node metastases are relative contraindications to surgery.

Pterygoid notch (incisura pterygoidea) - a notch on the inferior portion of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone, between the medial and lateral plates into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted.

Each bone articulates in front with the ethmoid, laterally with the palatine; its pointed posterior extremity is placed above the vomer, and is received between the root of the pterygoid process laterally and the rostrum of the sphenoid medially.

In the base of the skull, in the great wings of the sphenoid bone, medial to the foramen ovale, a small aperture, the sphenoidal emissary foramen, may occasionally be seen (it is often absent) opposite the root of the pterygoid process.