English Explanatory Dictionary

medial pterygoid plate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long narrow plate that forms the medial part of the pterygoid process, terminates in the pterygoid hamulus, and forms with its lateral surface part of the pterygoid fossa and with its medial surface the lateral boundary of a choana.

Word forms

medial pterygoid plate medial pterygoid plates
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