Pterygoid fovea

Pterygoid fovea
Pterygoid fovea
	Medial side of mandible. (Pterygoid fovea not labelled, but indicated as the insertion for the pterygoideus externus on the upper left.)
Details
Part of	mandible
System	skeletal
Identifiers
Latin	fovea pterygoidea
TA98	A02.1.15.038
TA2	875
FMA	59478
	Anatomical terms of bone [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated May 29, 2025

The pterygoid fovea (occasionally called the pterygoid pit or the pterygoiddepression) is located on the mandible. It is a concave surface on the medial side of the neck of the condyloid process of the mandible. It is located posterior to the mandibular notch and inferior to the mandibular condyle. The pterygoid fovea is the site of insertion for the inferior head of the lateral pterygoid muscle.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Tuncer, Ayşenur (2020). "14 - Kinesiology of the temporomandibular joint". Comparative Kinesiology of the Human Body: Normal and Pathological Conditions. Academic Press. pp. 285–302. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812162-7.00014-X. ISBN 978-0-12-812162-7. S2CID 216301411.
↑ Widmalm, S. E.; Lillie, J. H.; Ash, M. M. (1987). "Anatomical and electromyographic studies of the lateral pterygoid muscle" . Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 14 (5): 429–446. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2842.1987.tb00738.x. ISSN 1365-2842. PMID 3478452.

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[1] Tuncer, Ayşenur (2020). "14 - Kinesiology of the temporomandibular joint". Comparative Kinesiology of the Human Body: Normal and Pathological Conditions. Academic Press. pp. 285–302. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812162-7.00014-X. ISBN 978-0-12-812162-7. S2CID 216301411.

[2] Widmalm, S. E.; Lillie, J. H.; Ash, M. M. (1987). "Anatomical and electromyographic studies of the lateral pterygoid muscle" . Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 14 (5): 429–446. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2842.1987.tb00738.x. ISSN 1365-2842. PMID 3478452.

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