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Pterygoid fossa

pterygoid fossa

The fossa formed by the divergence posteriorly of the plates of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone; it lodges the origin of medial pterygoid and the tensor palati muscles.

Synonym: fossa pterygoidea.


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