Pterygoid notch

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Pterygoid notch
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TA98 A02.1.05.045
TA2 631
FMA 75050
Anatomical terminology

The Pterygoid notch (incisura pterygoidea) is a notch on the inferior portion of the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone, between the medial and lateral plates into which the pyramidal process of the palatine bone is fitted.


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The pterygoid fovea 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.

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Miophyseter is an extinct genus of sperm whale in the superfamily Physeteroidea. It includes only one species, M. chitaensis, that was described in 2022 from the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) of Toyohama Formation, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. This species is known from the well-preserved cranium with detached teeth and ear bones. Miophyseter is part of the Physeteroidea stem group, but more closely related to the crown group than to the macroraptorial sperm whales known from middle and late Miocene. Miophyster may have had an adaptation to deep diving and / or developed pterygoid muscles for active biting. The researchers made this conclusion judging by the presence of a deep and large notch on the ventral surface of the palatine bone and pterygoid.