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

Preferred term

Pterygopalatine Fossa  

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Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2010

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D056739

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