Pterygospinous ligament

Pterygospinous ligament
Details
From Sphenoid bone
To Lateral pterygoid plate
Identifiers
Latin ligamentum pterygospinale
Dorlands
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l_09/12492864
TA A03.1.01.002
FMA 72314

Anatomical terminology

The pterygospinous ligament stretches from the upper part of the posterior border of the lateral pterygoid plate to the spinous process of the sphenoid.

Structure

Variation

It occasionally ossifies,[1] and in such cases, between its upper border and the base of the skull, a foramen is formed - pterygospinous foramen (Civinini) which transmits the branches of the mandibular nerve to the muscles of mastication.

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Peuker ET, Fischer G, Filler TJ (July 2001). "Entrapment of the lingual nerve due to an ossified pterygospinous ligament". Clin Anat 14 (4): 282–4. doi:10.1002/ca.1048. PMID 11424204.
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