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sphenoid bone pterygoid process

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The process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial); the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0004452 ]

Synonyms: processus pterygoideus, pterygoid process, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid process of sphenoid, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone

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pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

Process that projects from posterior margin of commissure into subocular space.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000002

relationship loss: part_of anterior quadratocranial commissure (AAO:0010061)[AAO]

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editor note

TODO - check AAO:0000521-pterygoid and MA:0001471-pterygoid bone. MA also has 'inner plate of pterygoid process' as a syn for MA:0001471, FMA has lateral/medial plates. Seems likely inner = lateral (see MP:0004452).

has related synonym

pterygoid process, pterygoid processes, pterygoid processus, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone, pterygoid plate

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UBERON:0004649

prefLabel

sphenoid bone pterygoid process, Pterygoid process