pterygoid process

/ ˈtɛrɪˌɡɔɪd /

noun

anatomy either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull

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C18 pterygoid, from Greek pterugoeidēs, from pterux wing; see -oid

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The palatine is well developed, the pterygoid is small and early fuses with the pterygoid process of the alisphenoid.

In posterior sections the cornu lies medial to the squamosal-pterygoid process-pterygoid complex (Fig. 18).

The posterior branch of the otic process merges with the pterygoid process ventrally.

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