Pterygoid hamulus
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| Pterygoid hamulus | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Hamulus labeled at bottom left.) | |
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| Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in yellow, and pterygoid hamulus labeled at bottom center.) | |
| Latin | hamulus pterygoideus |
| Gray's | subject #35 151 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | h_02/12407644 |
The medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid curves lateralward at its lower extremity into a hook-like process, the pterygoid hamulus, around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides.
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 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
 Left infratemporal fossa. |
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