pterygoid bone

pterygoid bone
processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pterygoid bone — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pterygoid bone — noun : a horizontally placed often more or less rodlike bone or group of bones of the upper jaw or roof of the mouth in most lower vertebrates connecting the palatine in front and the quadrate behind and forming part of the palatoquadrate arch …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pterygoid — Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid bone. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pterygoid process — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pterygoid — [ter′i goid΄] adj. 〚< Gr pteryx, gen. pterygos (see PTERYGIUM) + OID〛 1. having the form of a wing; winglike 2. designating, of, or near either of two winglike processes in the skull that descend from the sphenoid bone n …   Universalium

  • pterygoid — [ter′i goid΄] adj. [< Gr pteryx, gen. pterygos (see PTERYGIUM) + OID] 1. having the form of a wing; winglike 2. designating, of, or near either of two winglike processes in the skull that descend from the sphenoid bone n. a pterygoid bone or… …   English World dictionary

  • pterygoid muscle — n either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a) a muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible… …   Medical dictionary

  • pterygoid process — n a process that extends downward from each side of the sphenoid bone near the union of its body and a greater wing, that consists of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates which are fused above anteriorly and separated below by the pterygoid… …   Medical dictionary

  • pterygoid plate — n either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone: a) a broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to the… …   Medical dictionary

  • Pterygoid — (from the Greek for winglike ) can refer to: * Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone ** The Lateral pterygoid plate by it * a muscle such as Lateral pterygoid muscle or Medial pterygoid muscle * a branch of the Mandibular nerve …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”