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Definition of Pterygoid process
1. Noun. Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone.
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterygoid Process
Literary usage of Pterygoid process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"Each EXTERNAL pterygoid process is thin and 9.External. broad, and extends farther
backwards. Each INTER- 10. inter- NAL pterygoid process is taller and ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The anterior surface of the pterygoid process is broad and triangular near its
root, where it forms the posterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa and ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"On each side may be seen a projecting lamina of bone, which runs horizontally
inward from near the base of the pterygoid process : these plates, ..."
4. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The pterygoid process (c) is a nearly square, thin plate of bone. The medial
surface is smooth and concave, the lateral face is convex and marked by two ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"There U no pterygoid process, nor any trace of a pterygoid bone. Just above the
Suspensorium, and seemingly connected with it, there proceeds from the ..."
6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"That which belongs to the pterygoid process and palate. ... A small canal, formed
by the internal ala of the pterygoid process, and the palate bone. ..."
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