Pterygomandibular raphe
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| Pterygomandibular raphe | |
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| Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Pterygo-Mandibular ligament labeled at center, vertically.) | |
| Latin | raphe pterygomandibularis |
| Gray's | subject #108 384 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_03/12692990 |
The pterygomandibular raphé (pterygomandibular ligament) is a tendinous band of the buccopharyngeal fascia, attached by one extremity to the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and by the other to the posterior end of the mylohyoid line of the mandible.
- Its medial surface is covered by the mucous membrane of the mouth.
- Its lateral surface is separated from the ramus of the mandible by a quantity of adipose tissue.
- Its posterior border gives attachment to the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle; its anterior border, to part of the buccinator.
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[edit] External links
- GPnotebook 127533134
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 05287.011-1
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 25420.000-1
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