pterygoid

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It loses its connection with the palato-pterygoid, and apparently ossifies as a small ossicle-- the incus of the middle ear.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or located in the region of the sphenoid bone: a pterygoid muscle.
  2. adjective Resembling a wing; winglike.
  3. noun Either of two processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone.

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  • These are the teeth on the pterygoid bones, which are located on either side of the roof of the mouth, near the gullet, and are provided with twelve teeth, more or less. —  AMBL
  • The internal pterygoid muscle is identified as a marker for the plane of mobilization of the soft palate. —  Inside Surgery
  • The internal pterygoid muscle and tendon is exposed at the posterior edge of the raised mucosal / periosteal flap and the space medial is opened widely using blunt dissection and displacing the tonsils and tonsillar pillars medially. —  Inside Surgery
  • Blunt dissection with the nasal freer or sharp dissection with a #15 blade is performed to separate the flap from the palatine bone near the origin of the pterygoid muscle. —  Inside Surgery
  • Pancoast's Operation._--Expose the coronoid process by a free incision, divide it at its root and throw it up, then expose and tie internal maxillary artery, after which the upper portion of the external pterygoid is to be detached from the sphenoid, thus exposing the nerve leaving foramen ovale; the second portion is deeper and not so easily got at 3. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
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  1. Greek pterugoeidēs, winglike : pterux, pterug-, wing; see pet- in Indo-European roots + -oeidēs, -oid.

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  1. from Greek πτερυγοειδής (contr. πτερυγώδης), wing-like, feathery, from πτέρυξ (πτερυγ), a wing, + εἴδος, form.
 

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