Pterygoid hamulus
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Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Hamulus labeled at bottom left.)
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Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in yellow, and pterygoid hamulus labeled at bottom center.)
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| Latin | hamulus pterygoideus |
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h_02/12407644 |
| TA | A02.1.05.051 |
| FMA | 54722 |
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Anatomical terms of bone
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The pterygoid hamulus is a hook-like process at the lower extremity of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. Around this the tendon of the tensor veli palatini glides. It is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe.
Base of skull. Inferior surface.
Left infratemporal fossa.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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