0 relating to the sphenoid bone (= a bone in the lower part of the skull) --
1 used to describe a part of the body that is shaped like a wing --
They also have a pterygoid bone that articulates with the palatine by means of a joint.
This nerve travels through the pterygoid canal to the pterygopalatine ganglion.
Also, there are four extensions from the body of the buccal fat pad: the sublevator, the melolabial, the buccal, and the pterygoid.
The auditory bullae are large and dense but, there are no associated pterygoid fossae or air sinuses.
For the mouth to close it requires the following muscles: the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscle.
The mandible is moved primary by the four muscles of mastication: the masseter, medial pterygoid, lateral pterygoid and the temporalis.
They also have a deep notch in the pterygoid bone of the palate.
The lateral wing of the pterygoid is incompletely and variably ossified.
