Medical Definition of Fissura pterygoidea

1. 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. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura Pterygoidea

fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis
fissura obliqua pulmonis
fissura orbitalis inferior
fissura orbitalis superior
fissura parietooccipitalis
fissura petro-occipitalis
fissura petrosquamosa
fissura petrotympanica
fissura posterolateralis
fissura prima cerebelli
fissura pterygoidea (current term)
fissura pterygomaxillaris
fissura pterygopalatina
fissura secunda cerebelli
fissura sphenopetrosa
fissura transversa cerebelli
fissura transversa cerebri
fissura tympanomastoidea
fissura tympanosquamosa
fissurae cerebelli
fissural
fissural cyst
fissuration
fissurations

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