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Pterygoid bone

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A paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates
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.

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.

References

  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.
Bones in the tetrapod skeleton
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Mandible
Hyoid
Postcranial skeleton
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