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Identification
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| Official Latin term |
fossa pterygoidea ossis sphenoidalis (par) 
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| Official subsidiary term |
pterygoid fossa of sphenoid (pair)
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U535 |
| Unit type | pair |
| Materiality | immaterial |
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Navigation
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| Link to the unit |
fossa pterygoidea (par)
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| Entity-oriented links | Universal page Definition page |
| External links | TA98 FMA PubMed |
| Partonomic links | Level 2: ossa cranii Short Extended |
| Level 3: os sphenoidale | |
| Taxonomic links | Level 1: res incorporea Short Extended |
| Taxonomic links | Level 2: spatium anatomicum Short Extended |
| Level 3: spatium compartimenti capitis | |
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Taxonomic definition
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| Taxonomic definition |
A pterygoid fossa of sphenoid is a space of compartment of head [spatium compartimenti capitis ] which is formed by the divergence of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.
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| Encyclopedic definition | the posteriorly facing fossa which is formed by the divergence of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone, and lodges the origins of the internal pterygoid muscle and tensor veli palatini muscle. |
| THIS | fossa pterygoidea |
| Genus | THIS isa spatium compartimenti capitis |
| Defining property 1 | THIS isBetween ( lateral plate, medial plate ) Invalid 535 |
| Autogenerated definition | A pterygoid fossa is a space of compartment of head [spatium compartimenti capitis] which is between medial plate [lamina medialis processus pterygoidei] and lateral plate [lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei] |
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Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 |
 corpus humanum top
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| TAH:U259 | |
| TAH:U268 | |
| TAH:U402 | |
| TAH:U490 | |
| TAH:U535 |
fossa pterygoidea (par) PES
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Taxonomy
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| Date: 12.12.2025 |