Ingrassia apophysis

Ingrassia apophysis

(in-gras′ē-ă) [Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia, Italian anatomist, 1510–1580] One of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.

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Giovanni F., Italian anatomist, 1510-1580. Ingrassia apophysis - Synonym(s): Ingrassia wingIngrassia wing - one of a bilateral pair of triangular, pointed plates extending laterally from the anterolateral body of the sphenoid bone. Synonym(s): Ingrassia apophysis; lesser wing of sphenoid bone