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pterygomandibular raphe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ptery-go-mandibu-lar raphe
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fibrous seam that descends from the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate to the mylohyoid line of the mandible and that separates and gives rise to the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the buccinator.

Inflected Forms

pterygomandibular raphae (plural)

Questions

What does pterygomandibular raphe mean?
A fibrous seam that descends from the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate to the mylohyoid line of the mandible and that separates and gives rise to the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the buccinator.

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