Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Pterygoid bone — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pterygoid bone — processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid — Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid bone. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pterygoid process — Pterygoid Pter y*goid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a wing + oid.] (Anat.) (a) Like a bird s wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. n. A pterygoid… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pterygoid — [ter′i goid΄] adj. 〚< Gr pteryx, gen. pterygos (see PTERYGIUM) + OID〛 1. having the form of a wing; winglike 2. designating, of, or near either of two winglike processes in the skull that descend from the sphenoid bone n … Universalium
pterygoid — [ter′i goid΄] adj. [< Gr pteryx, gen. pterygos (see PTERYGIUM) + OID] 1. having the form of a wing; winglike 2. designating, of, or near either of two winglike processes in the skull that descend from the sphenoid bone n. a pterygoid bone or… … English World dictionary
pterygoid muscle — n either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a) 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… … Medical dictionary
pterygoid process — n a process that extends downward from each side of the sphenoid bone near the union of its body and a greater wing, that consists of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates which are fused above anteriorly and separated below by the pterygoid… … Medical dictionary
pterygoid plate — n either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone: a) a 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… … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid — (from the Greek for winglike ) can refer to: * Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone ** The Lateral pterygoid plate by it * a muscle such as Lateral pterygoid muscle or Medial pterygoid muscle * a branch of the Mandibular nerve … Wikipedia
