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• external pterygoid muscle — n PTERYGOID MUSCLE (a) …   Medical dictionary

• pterygoid muscle — n either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a) a muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible… …   Medical dictionary

• pterygoid process — /ˈtɛrəgɔɪd ˌproʊsɛs/ (say teruhgoyd .prohses) noun 1. either of two processes descending, one on each side, from the point where the body of the sphenoid bone joins a bone of a temporal wing within the skull, each process consisting of two plates …  

• pterygoid fossa — noun 1. : a depression on the outer and posterior aspect of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone 2. : a depression on the lower jawbone for the insertion of the external pterygoid muscle …   Useful english dictionary

• Pterygoid plexus — Vein: Pterygoid plexus Veins of the head and neck. Latin plexus venosus pterygoideus, plexus pterygoideus Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Pterygoid canal — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = c. pterygoideus GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 180 Caption = Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Sphenoid is yellow.) Caption2 = Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Pterygoid c. labeled at center… …   Wikipedia

• Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid — Infobox Bone Name = PAGENAME Latin = processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Sphenoid bone, upper surface. Caption2 = Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Width = 300 MusclesOrigins =… …   Wikipedia

• Pterygoid fovea — Infobox Bone Name = Pterygoid fovea Latin = fovea pterygoidea GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Medial side of mandible. (Pterygiod fovea not labelled, but indicated as the insertion for the pterygoideus externus on the upper left.) System =… …   Wikipedia

• Pterygoid hamulus — Infobox Bone Name = Pterygoid hamulus Latin = hamulus pterygoideus GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Hamulus labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in… …   Wikipedia

• Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris GraySubject = 144 GrayPage = 561 Caption = Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Pterygoid labeled at center top.) Caption2 = Plan of branches of internal… …   Wikipedia

• pterygoid muscle — noun muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw • Hypernyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle * * * noun : either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a. : an external muscle that arises from the… …   Useful english dictionary