Pterygopalatine fossa
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pterygopalatine-fossa-286-177398
title:
Pterygopalatine fossa
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In human anatomy, the pterygopalatine fossa is a fossa in the skull. A human skull contains two pterygopalatine fossae—one on the left side, and another on the right side. Each fossa is a cone-shaped paired depression deep to the infratemporal fossa and posterior to the maxilla on each side of the skull, located between the pterygoid process and the maxillary tuberosity close to the apex of the orbit. It is the indented area medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into the sphenopalatine
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description:
Fossa in the skull
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterygopalatine_fossa
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2023-07-21T22:01:56Z
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