| Medial pterygoid plate | | | | Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. | | [[Image:{{{Image2}}}|250px|center|]] | | {{{Caption2}}} | | Latin | ' | | Gray's | subject #35 151 | | System | | | MeSH | [1] | The medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid is narrower and longer than the lateral pterygoid plate; it curves lateralward at its lower extremity into a hook-like process, the pterygoid hamulus, around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
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The sphenoid bone (os sphenoidale) is a bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporals and basilar part of the occipital. ...
The Tensor veli palatini muscle (or Tensor palati) is a muscle of the human body. ...
The lateral surface of this plate forms part of the pterygoid fossa, the medial surface constitutes the lateral boundary of the choana or posterior aperture of the corresponding nasal cavity. Choana (plural: Choanae) latinization from the Greek choanē meaning funnel is the posterior nasal aperture. ...
Superiorly the medial plate is prolonged on to the under surface of the body as a thin lamina, named the vaginal process, which articulates in front with the sphenoidal process of the palatine and behind this with the ala of the vomer. Ala may refer to: Ala (mythology) in the Igbo mythology Ala (Roman military) American Library Association This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The vomer bone is one of the unpaired facial bones of the skull. ...
The angular prominence between the posterior margin of the vaginal process and the medial border of the scaphoid fossa is named the pterygoid tubercle, and immediately above this is the posterior opening of the pterygoid canal.
On the under surface of the vaginal process is a furrow, which is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone, for the transmission of the pharyngeal branch of the internal maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the sphenopalatine ganglion. The palatine bone is a bone situated at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. ...
The sphenopalatine ganglion is a parasympathetic ganglion found in the spheno-maxillary fossa. ...
The pharyngeal aponeurosis is attached to the entire length of the posterior edge of the medial plate, and the Constrictor pharyngis superior takes origin from its lower third.
Projecting backward from near the middle of the posterior edge of this plate is an angular process, the processus tubarius, which supports the pharyngeal end of the auditory tube. Anatomy of the human ear. ...
The anterior margin of the plate articulates with the posterior border of the vertical part of the palatine bone.
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