sphenoid bone pterygoid process
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
Term info
- MA:0002774
- Wikipedia:Pterygoid_processes_of_the_sphenoid
- FMA:54682
- SCTID:140390001
- AAO:0010086
pheno_slim
Process that projects from posterior margin of commissure into subocular space.[AAO]
relationship loss: part_of anterior quadratocranial commissure (AAO:0010061)[AAO]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray145.png
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).
pterygoid process, pterygoid processes, pterygoid processus, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone, pterygoid plate
uberon
UBERON:0004649
sphenoid bone pterygoid process, Pterygoid process