Lateral pterygoid plate

Lateral pterygoid plate
Medial wall of left orbit. (Lateral pterygoid plate labeled at bottom right.)
Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. (Lateral pterygoid plate visible at bottom left.)
Details
Latin	lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	l_02/12476264
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid (or lateral lamina of pterygoid process) is broad, thin, and everted and forms the lateral part of a horseshoe like process that extends from the inferior aspect of the sphenoid bone, and serves as the origin of the lateral pterygoid muscle, which functions in allowing the mandible to move in a lateral and medial direction, or from side-to-side.

Its lateral surface forms part of the medial wall of the infratemporal fossa, and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle; its medial surface forms part of the pterygoid fossa, and gives attachment to the medial pterygoid muscle. Posterior edge is sharp, and often has sharp projection - pterygospinous process (Civinini process).

Additional images

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  Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces.

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  Base of skull. Inferior surface.

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  Left infratemporal fossa.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier