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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Pterygopalatine Fossa
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Pterygopalatine Fossa

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Pterygopalatine Fossa  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A small space in the skull between the MAXILLA and the SPHENOID BONE, medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure, and connecting to the NASAL CAVITY via the sphenopalatine foramen.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MN2TJK7R-B

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