Pterygoid bone
A paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates
The pterygoid is a paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates, behind the palatine bones.[1]
It is a flat and thin lamina, united to the medial side of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and to the perpendicular lamina of the palatine bone.[2]
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Bones in the tetrapod skeleton
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- Italics denote neomorphic bones present only in particular clades
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