Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 12 compound words that contain pterygoid. The most common are listed below. Open pterygoid in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- pterygoid processEach of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.
- pterygoid canalAn anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve.
- pterygoid muscleEither of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.
- pterygoid canalsplural of pterygoid canal: An anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve.
- pterygoid musclesplural of pterygoid muscle: Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.
- pterygoid nerveEither of two branches of the mandibular nerve.
- pterygoid nervesplural of pterygoid nerve: Either of two branches of the mandibular nerve.
- pterygoid plateEither of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.
- pterygoid platesplural of pterygoid plate: Either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone.
- pterygoid processesplural of pterygoid process: Each of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.
- lateral pterygoid muscleA muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an …
- medial pterygoid muscleA muscle that arises from the inner surface of the lateral pterygoid plate and from the palatine and maxillary bones, is inserted into the ramus and the gonial angle, cooperates with the masseter and temporalis in elevating the lower jaw …
- nerve of the pterygoid canalA nerve formed by the union of the greater petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves that passes forward through the pterygoid canal in the sphenoid bone and joins the pterygopalatine ganglion.
- lateral pterygoid musclesplural of lateral pterygoid muscle: A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the …
- lateral pterygoid nerveA branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
- lateral pterygoid nervesplural of lateral pterygoid nerve: A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
- lateral pterygoid plateA broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to the medial pterygoid muscle on its medial surface.
- medial pterygoid nerveA branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.
- medial pterygoid plateA long narrow plate that forms the medial part of the pterygoid process, terminates in the pterygoid hamulus, and forms with its lateral surface part of the pterygoid fossa and with its medial surface the lateral boundary of a choana.
Compound words 12
- palatopterygoidPertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull.
- entopterygoidA certain ventral bone of reptiles or fish
- interpterygoidBetween pterygoid bones
- ectopterygoidA ventral skull bone found in some tetrapods and fish
- epipterygoidSituated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
- mesopterygoidBetween the pterygoid bones
- metapterygoidA bone, in the skull of teleostean fish, that lies behind the pterygoid
- pseudopterygoidRelating to a pseudopterygium
- endopterygoidA certain jaw bone in reptiles or fish.
- basipterygoidOf or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone