An anatomical study of the pterygoalar bar and the pterygoalar foramen

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-96

  Skrzat, Janusz ^a   Walocha, Jerzy ^a   Środek, Robert ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Foramen crotaphitico buccinatorium; Pterygoid process; Pterygospinous foramen; Pterygospinous ligament; Sphenoid bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; PTERYGOALAR BAR; PTERYGOALAR FORAMEN; SKULL; SPHENOID; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 20944448548     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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