name	pterygoid_process
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 part_of_sphenoid_bone 
nameMedicineSynonym []	
nameGermanSynonym []	
label [en]	pterygoid process
label [de]	paariger Fortsatz am Keilbein
comment [de]	von der Vereinigungsstelle des großen Keilbeinflügels mit dem Keilbeinkörper ausgehend; mit Lamina lateralis und medialis die Flügelgrube umfassend
label [med]	Processus pterygoideus
speciesNo []	86
comment [en]	It extends downward from each side of the sphenoid bone near the union of its body and a greater wing, that consists of the medial and lateral pterygoid plates which are fused above anteriorly and separated below by the pterygoid fissure whose edges articulate with a process of the palatine bone, and that contains on  its posterior aspect the pterygoid and scaphoid fossae which give attachment to muscles
annotationRemark []	
organNo []	20537
nameEnglishSynonym []	
ACC []	cy0001057
hasPart	lateral_lamina_of_pterygoid_process
isPartOf	sphenoid_bone
hasPart	medial_lamina_of_pterygoid_process
isPartOf	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#skeletal_system
isPartOf	adult