Medical Definition of Plexus pterygoideus

1. A venous plexus occupying the infratemporal fossa receiving veins accompanying the branches of the maxillary artery, and terminating posteriorly in the maxillary vein; anteriorly the pterygoid plexus drains via the deep facial vein into the facial vein. Synonym: plexus pterygoideus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plexus Pterygoideus

plexus oesophageus
plexus of anterior cerebral artery
plexus of choroid artery
plexus of middle cerebral artery
plexus of spinal nerves
plexus ophthalmicus
plexus ovaricus
plexus pancreaticus
plexus pelvinus
plexus periarterialis
plexus pharyngeus
plexus pharyngeus ascendens
plexus pterygoideus (current term)
plexus pulmonalis
plexus rectales inferiores
plexus rectales medii
plexus rectalis superior
plexus renalis
plexus sacralis
plexus sacralis medius
plexus splenicus
plexus subclavius
plexus submucosus
plexus subserosus
plexus suprarenalis

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