Uberon definition : A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human
skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior
nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the
lower jaw;
Uberon synonym : lateral plate of pterygoid process; lateral plate of sphenoid; lateral lamina of pterygoid process; lamina lateralis (processus pterygoideus); lateral pterygoid plate;
Uberon related term : inner plate of pterygoid process;
A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human
skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior
nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the
lower jaw