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medial pterygoid plate

medial pterygoid plate noun: a 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.

Noun

medial pterygoid plate (plural medial pterygoid plates)

  1. A 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.

Forms of medial pterygoid plate

pluralmedial pterygoid plates

Questions about medial pterygoid plate

What does medial pterygoid plate mean?
Medial pterygoid plate means a 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.
What part of speech is medial pterygoid plate?
Medial pterygoid plate is a noun.
What is the plural of medial pterygoid plate?
The plural of medial pterygoid plate is medial pterygoid plates.

Words near medial pterygoid plate in the dictionary

  1. medial moraines
  2. medial palpebral arteries
  3. medial palpebral artery
  4. medial pterygoid muscle
  5. medial pterygoid nerve
  6. medial pterygoid plate
  7. medial recti
  8. medial rectus
  9. medial s
  10. medial s's
  11. medial slang

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