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Ligament of the skull

Pterygoalar ligament
From	Lateral pterygoid lamina
To	Greater wing of the sphenoid
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The pterygoalar ligament extends from the lamina of the lateral pterygoid to the undersurface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

References

Natsis, K; Piagkou, M; Skotsimara, G; Totlis, T; Apostolidis, S; Panagiotopoulos, N. A.; Skandalakis, P (2013). "The ossified pterygoalar ligament: An anatomical study with pathological and surgical implications". Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 42 (5): e266–70. doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2013.10.003. PMID 24290255.

v t e Fibrous joints of the human skull
Syndesmosis	Pterygospinous ligament Stylohyoid ligament
Sutures	Involving the frontal bone frontoethmoidal suture frontal suture coronal suture occipitomastoid lambdoid sagittal Involving the sphenoid bone sphenoethmoidal with frontal bone with parietal bone sphenosquamosal Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial: palatomaxillary suture Involving the zygomatic process with sphenoid bone with temporal bone with frontal bone
Mouth	Gomphosis Periodontal fiber Periodontium Dental alveolus Gingiva Cementum

Mouth

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