lateral pterygoid plate


lat·er·al pter·y·goid plate

[TA] the larger and more lateral of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side; forms medial wall of infratemporal fossa and gives origin to the pterygoid muscles. Synonym(s): lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei ossis sphenoidalis [TA], lateral plate of pterygoid process