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pterygopalatine fossa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
ptery-gopalatine -fos-sa
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small triangular space beneath the apex of the orbit that is bounded above by the sphenoid bone and the orbital process of the palatine bone, in front by the maxilla, medially by the palatine bone, and behind by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and that contains among other structures the pterygopalatine ganglion.

Inflected Forms

pterygopalatine fossae (plural)

Synonyms

pterygomaxillary fossa sphenomaxillary fossa sphenopalatine fossa

Questions

What does pterygopalatine fossa mean?
A small triangular space beneath the apex of the orbit that is bounded above by the sphenoid bone and the orbital process of the palatine bone, in front by the maxilla, medially by the palatine bone, and behind by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and that contains among other structures the pterygopalatine ganglion.

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