pterygoid

[ tĕr′ĭ-goid′ ]

Of, relating to, or located in the region of the sphenoid bone.

Resembling a wing; winglike.

Either of two processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone.

Words nearby pterygoid

These effusions occur most frequently about the knees, the elbows, and the pterygoid muscles of the jaw.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
In the skull the quadrate is immovably fixed and united to the pterygoid.

The Vertebrate Skeleton |Sidney H. Reynolds
We find, as a rule, that the pterygoid bones are rather longer and more slender in wild turkeys than they are among the tame ones.

The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting |Edward A. McIlhenny
The internal adductor or pterygoid musculature in Captorhinus consisted of anterior and posterior components.

The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles |Richard C. Fox

The nasal lacks a maxillary process, and the medial ramus of the pterygoid lacks a bony connection to the protic.

Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group |William E. Duellman