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pterygomandibular raphae

pterygomandibular raphae is the plural of pterygomandibular raphe.

Meaning of pterygomandibular raphe

Noun

pterygomandibular raphe (plural pterygomandibular raphae)

  1. A fibrous seam that descends from the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate to the mylohyoid line of the mandible and that separates and gives rise to the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the buccinator.

Questions about pterygomandibular raphae

What is pterygomandibular raphae the plural of?
Pterygomandibular raphae is the plural of pterygomandibular raphe.

Words near pterygomandibular raphae in the dictionary

  1. pterygoid processes
  2. pterygoidal
  3. pterygoidei
  4. pterygoideus
  5. pterygoids
  6. pterygomandibular raphae
  7. pterygomandibular raphe
  8. pterygomaxillary
  9. pterygomaxillary fissure
  10. pterygomaxillary fissures
  11. pterygomaxillary fossa

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