Lateral pterygoid plate

Lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei

  • Synonym: Lateral plate of pterygoid process
  • Related terms: Lateral plate; Pterygoid process (Lateral plate); Lateral plate - Pterygoid process; Lateral plate (Pterygoid process)

Definition

The lateral pterygoid plate is broad, thin, and everted; itslateral 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.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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