The medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid curves laterally at its lower extremity into a hook-like process, the pterygoid hamulus, around which the tendon of the Tensor veli palatini glides. It is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe. ==Additional images== ...
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The inferior, hook-shaped extremity of the medial plate of the pterygoid process. ... Synonym: hamulus pterygoideus, hamular process of sphenoid bone. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the inferior, hook-shaped extremity of the medial plate of the pterygoid process, which serves as a pulley (trochlea) for the tendon of the tensor veli palati muscle. Synonyms: hamular process of sphenoid bone, hamulus pterygoideus
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