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Definition of Pterygoid
1. a. Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone.
Definition of Pterygoid
1. Adjective. Resembling a wing ¹
2. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pterygoid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterygoid
Literary usage of Pterygoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"External pterygoid. Internal pterygoid. Dissection.—The Temporal muscle having
been examined, saw through the baso of the coronoid process, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The pterygoid processes, one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the
... The plates are separated below by an angular cleft, the pterygoid fissure, ..."
3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"Each EXTERNAL pterygoid PROCESS is thin and 9.External. broad, and extends farther
backwards. Each INTER- 10. inter- NAL pterygoid PROCESS is taller and ..."
4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The internal pterygoid also is bicipital at its origin, and its two heads embrace
the origin of the lower head of the external pterygoid. ..."
5. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"The pterygoid processes project downward from the junction of the body and the
great wings. Each consists of two plates, one shorter and broader, ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Human Body .. by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"Each EXTERNAL pterygoid PROCESS, ... Each INTERNAL pterygoid ... named the hook
of the pterygoid ..."
7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"That which belongs to the pterygoid process and palate. ... A small canal, formed
by the internal ala of the pterygoid process, and the palate bone. ..."
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