Pterygoid bone

System Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT 415639001

Pterygoid bone

Definition

Sources vary as to whether the pterygoid corresponds to the pterygoid processes in general, or the latter/inner plate.

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