Pterygoid fossa
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| Pterygoid fossa | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Pterygoid fossa labeled at left.) | |
| Latin | Fossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis |
| Gray's | p.151 |
The pterygoid fossa is an anatomical term for the fossa formed by the divergence of the lateral pterygoid plate and the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone.
Structure
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. This fossa faces posteriorly, and contains the medial pterygoid muscle and the tensor veli palatini muscle.
Pterygoid fossa
See also
- Pterygoid fovea
- Scaphoid fossa
- Pterygoid process
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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