In the

pterygoid processes of the sphenoid The pterygoid processes of the sphenoid (from Greek ''pteryx'', ''pterygos'', "wing"), one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the regions where the body and the greater wings of the sphenoid bone unite. Each process consists of a me ...

, above the

pterygoid fossa The pterygoid fossa is an anatomical term for the fossa formed by the divergence of the lateral pterygoid plate and the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. Structure The lateral and medial pterygoid plates (of the pterygoid process of ...

is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the

Tensor veli palatini The tensor veli palatini muscle (tensor palati or tensor muscle of the velum palatinum) is a broad, thin, ribbon-like muscle in the head that tenses the soft palate. Structure The tensor veli palatini is found anterior-lateral to the levator ve ...

. It is not the same as and has to be distinguished from the scaphoid fossa of the external ear or pinna.

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Bones of the head and neck {{musculoskeletal-stub