Pterygomandibular raphé

Pterygomandibular raphe
Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Pterygo-Mandibular ligament labeled at center, vertically.)
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Identifiers
Latin	raphe pterygomandibularis
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_03/12692990
TA	A05.3.01.102
FMA	55618
Anatomical terminology []

The pterygomandibular raphe (pterygomandibular ligament) is a ligamentous band of the buccopharyngeal fascia, attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and inferiorly to the posterior end of the mylohyoid line of the mandible.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)