pterygomandibular raphe

noun

A fibrous seam that descends from the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate to the mylohyoid line of the mandible and that separates and gives rise to the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the buccinator.

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Meanings

nounpterygomandibular raphe (plural pterygomandibular raphae)

plural pterygomandibular raphae

  1. anatomyA fibrous seam that descends from the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate to the mylohyoid line of the mandible and that separates and gives rise to the superior pharyngeal constrictor and the buccinator.
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