Pterygoid fovea

Pterygoid fovea
	Medial side of mandible. (Pterygiod fovea not labelled, but indicated as the insertion for the pterygoideus externus on the upper left.)
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Identifiers
Latin	fovea pterygoidea
TA	A02.1.15.038
FMA	59478
	Anatomical terms of bone

The pterygoid fovea (occasionally called pit or depression) is a concave surface on the uppermost medial side of the ramus of the mandible.

Located behind the mandibular notch and below of the condyloid process, the pterygoid fovea is located on the anterior surface of the neck of the mandible and serves for the attachment of the lateral pterygoid muscle.

Not to be confused with the pterygoid fossa of the sphenoid bone.

References

Feneis, Heinz; Dauber, Wolfgang (2000). Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy (4th ed.). Thieme. pp. 28–29.
Feneis, Heinz; Dauber, Wolfgang (2007). Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy (5th ed.). Thieme. pp. 46–47.

External links

"Pterygoid fovea". Suny Downstate Medical Center. Retrieved 2008-09-26.

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