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The pterygoid is a paired bone forming part of the palate of many
vertebrates
Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, ...
, behind the
palatine bone
In anatomy, the palatine bones () are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species, located above the uvula in the throat. Together with the maxillae, they comprise the hard palate. (''Palate'' is derived from the Latin ''pa ...
s.
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.
Bones of the head and neck
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