Pterygomandibular raphe

Pterygomandibular raphe

Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Pterygo-Mandibular ligament labeled at center, vertically.)
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Latin raphe pterygomandibularis
Dorlands
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r_03/12692990
TA A05.3.01.102
FMA 55618

Anatomical terminology

The pterygomandibular raphe (pterygomandibular ligament) is a ligamentous band of the buccopharyngeal fascia, attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and inferiorly to the posterior end of the mylohyoid line of the mandible.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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