pterygoid

(ter'i-goyd) [G. pteryx(pteryg-), wing, + eidos, resemblance.] Wing-shaped, alate; a term applied to various anatomical parts in the neighborhood of the sphenoid bone. 2. False or cicatricial pterygium, pseudo pterygium. p. artery, see under ariccjo. p. canal, Vidian canal, canaUs* pterygoideus. p. chest, phthinoid* chest, p. depre ion, fovea pterygoidea. p. fi ure, see under fi ura. p. fo a, see under fo a, p. muscle, see under musculus. p nerve, see under nervus. p. notch, fi ura pterygoidea. p. pit, fovea pterygoidea. p. plates, lamina lateral is, and lamina medial is. p. plexus, see under plexus, p. proc'e es, proce us pterygoideus, and proce us pyramidal is. p.tu'- bercle, a slight prominence on the posterior surface of the lamina medial is of the sphenoid bone, below and to the inner side of the Vidian canal.