Pterygoid hamulus

Bone: Pterygoid hamulus
Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Hamulus labeled at bottom left.)
Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in yellow, and pterygoid hamulus labeled at bottom center.)
Latin	hamulus pterygoideus
Gray's	subject #35 151

The medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid curves laterally at its lower extremity into a hook-like process, the pterygoid hamulus, around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides.

Additional images

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  Base of skull. Inferior surface.

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  Left infratemporal fossa.

See also

• hamulus

External links

• SUNY Figs 22:4b-05
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 05287.011-1
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1
• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1
• lesson9 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (nasalwallbones) (#12)
• Diagram at VCU.edu

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