Pterygoid bone

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Skull diagram with 26 colors labeling individual single or paired bones
Skull diagram of Champsosaurus, showing the pterygoid bone in red-violet (visible in inferior view at lower right and posterior to the ectopterygoid bone in lateral view at top)

The pterygoid is a paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates, behind the palatine bones.[1]

It is a flat and thin lamina, united to the medial side of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and to the perpendicular lamina of the palatine bone.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Origin of the pterygoid bone and pharyngeal musculature in mammals". crompton.oeb.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
  2. ^ "Pterygoid bone - vet-Anatomy - IMAIOS". www.imaios.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

Baumel, J. J. (1993). "4. Osteologia". Handbook of Avian Anatomy: Nomina Anatomica Avium. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Vol. 23 (2 ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club. LCCN 94102039. OCLC 29278198.


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