Lateral pterygoid plate
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| Lateral pterygoid plate | |
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| Medial wall of left orbit. (Label pterygoid plate labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. (Lateral pterygoid plate visible at bottom left.) | |
| Latin | l. lateralis processus pterygoidei |
| Gray's | subject #35 151 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_02/12476264 |
The lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid (or lateral lamina of pterygoid process) is broad, thin, and everted; its lateral surface forms part of the medial wall of the infratemporal fossa, and gives attachment to the Pterygoideus externus; its medial surface forms part of the pterygoid fossa, and gives attachment to the Pterygoideus internus.
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Left infratemporal fossa. |
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