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petrolingular ligament (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term ligamentum petrolingulare (par)
Specific (formal) par ligamentorum petrolingularium
Generic term ligamentum petrolingulare
Official term petrolingular ligament (pair)
Formal official term pair of petrolingular ligaments
Generic term petrolingular ligament
Unit identifier TAH:U7814
Entity identifiers TAH:E7814; E40028; E40029; E40030
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Link to the unit petrolingular ligament (pair)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: meninges Short Extended
Level 3: pachymeninx
Taxonomic links Level 1: cardinal part of organ Short Extended
Level 2: organ component Short Extended
Level 3: component of ligament organ
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Documentation

The petrolingular ligament .

This ligament attaches to the sphenoidal lingula and is not related to the tongue, nor to any entity involved with the language. But by an unexplained shift of the traditional English language, its name was transformed to petrolingual ligament, lingual meaning related to the tongue or by extension related to the language. Nothing justify to maintain such a name and only the semantically correct name has been retained. The synonym inferior sphenopetrosal ligament is also valid.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U5062
nervous system SOS
TAH:U5068
central nervous system SOS
TAH:U5090
meninges SOS
TAH:U5091
pachymeninx SOS
TAH:U5094
cranial dura mater SOS
TAH:U7806
processes of cranial dura mater TOS
TAH:U7795
trigeminal segment (pair) inv
TAH:U7814 petrolingular ligament (pair) UOU
Taxonomy
Date: 23.06.2026