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ligamentum petrolingulare (par)

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 ligamentum petrolingulare (par)
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: meninges Short Extended
Level 3: pachymeninx
Taxonomic links Level 1: pars principalis organi Short Extended
Level 2: componens organi Short Extended
Level 3: componens organi ligamenti
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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
corpus humanum top
TAH:U5062
TAH:U5068
TAH:U5090
TAH:U5091
TAH:U5094
TAH:U7806
TAH:U7795
TAH:U7814 ligamentum petrolingulare (par) UOU
Taxonomy
Date: 23.06.2026