sphenoid bone pterygoid process
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004649
The process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial); the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0004452 ]
Synonyms: processus pterygoideus, pterygoid process, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid process of sphenoid, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
Term info
- MA:0002774
- AAO:0010086
- Wikipedia:Pterygoid_processes_of_the_sphenoid
- FMA:54682
- SCTID:140390001
pheno_slim
Process that projects from posterior margin of commissure into subocular space.[AAO]
relationship loss: part_of anterior quadratocranial commissure (AAO:0010061)[AAO]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray145.png
TODO - check AAO:0000521-pterygoid and MA:0001471-pterygoid bone. MA also has 'inner plate of pterygoid process' as a syn for MA:0001471, FMA has lateral/medial plates. Seems likely inner = lateral (see MP:0004452).
pterygoid process, pterygoid processes, pterygoid processus, processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis, pterygoid process of sphenoid bone, pterygoid plate
uberon
UBERON:0004649
sphenoid bone pterygoid process, Pterygoid process