Preferred Label : sphenoid bone pterygoid process;
Uberon definition : the process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates
divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial);
the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the
processes;
Uberon synonym : pterygoid process; processus pterygoideus; pterygoid process of sphenoid; pterygoid process of sphenoid bone;
Uberon related term : pterygoid processes; pterygoid process of sphenoid bone; pterygoid plate; pterygoid process; pterygoid processus;
the process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in vertebrates
divided into two plates, an inner and an outer (sometimes called the lateral and medial);
the posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the
processes