Pterygoid notch
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Pterygoid notch (incisura pterygoidea) is a notch on the inferior portion of the
pterygoid processes 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 ...
of the sphenoid bone, between the medial and lateral plates into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted. Bones of the head and neck {{musculoskeletal-stub