medial pterygoid plate


me·di·al pter·y·goid plate

[TA] the smaller and more medial of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side, ending inferiorly in the pterygoid hamulus. Synonym(s): lamina medialis processus pterygoideus ossei [TA], medial plate of pterygoid process

medial pterygoid plate

The smaller and medial of two bony plates that extend inferiorly from the union of the body and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side of the skull, and which ends inferiorly in the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.