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pterygopalatine fossae

pterygopalatine fossae is the plural of pterygopalatine fossa.

Meaning of pterygopalatine fossa

Noun

pterygopalatine fossa (plural pterygopalatine fossae)

  1. A small triangular space beneath the apex of the orbit that is bounded above by the sphenoid bone and the orbital process of the palatine bone, in front by the maxilla, medially by the palatine bone, and behind by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and that contains among other structures the pterygopalatine ganglion.

Questions about pterygopalatine fossae

What is pterygopalatine fossae the plural of?
Pterygopalatine fossae is the plural of pterygopalatine fossa.

Words near pterygopalatine fossae in the dictionary

  1. pterygometopids
  2. pterygopalate
  3. pterygopalatin
  4. pterygopalatine
  5. pterygopalatine fossa
  6. pterygopalatine fossae
  7. pterygopalatine ganglia
  8. pterygopalatine ganglion
  9. pterygoparoccipital
  10. pterygopodia
  11. pterygopodium

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