Pterygoid process

Study entry

Description

A pair of processes that descend from the junction of the body with the greater wings, each with lateral and medial plates.

Relations

The lateral surface of the lateral plate gives origin to one head of the lateral pterygoid.

Source: cap. 8, «Cráneo»

Other structures in this region

• Squamous part of the frontal bone
• Orbital part of the frontal bone
• Glabella
• Superciliary arch
• Supraorbital margin
• Supraorbital foramen (notch)
• Frontal eminence
• Frontal crest