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Pterygoid fissure

pterygoid fissure

The cleft between the medial and lateral laminae of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted.

Synonym: incisura pterygoidea, fissura pterygoidea, pterygoid notch.


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