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incisura pterygoidea (medicine)


incisura pterygoidea -->
pterygoid fissure


The cleft between the medial and lateral laminae of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted.

Synonym: incisura pterygoidea, fissura pterygoidea, pterygoid notch.