Pterygoid bone

System Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT 415639001

Pterygoid bone

Definition

A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.

Also known as lamina lateralis (processus pterygoideus), lamina lateralis processi pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, lateral lamina of pterygoid process, lateral plate of pterygoid process, lateral plate of sphenoid, lateral pterygoid plate — per UBERON

The Pterygoid bone is a part of the Musculoskeletal.

Also identified as