A bone which corresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the human skull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connected with the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine bones with the point of suspension of the lower jaw.
Comment:
Sources vary as to whether the pterygoid corresponds to the pterygoid processes in general, or the latter/inner plate.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
lamina lateralis (processus pterygoideus); lamina lateralis processi pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis; lateral lamina of pterygoid process; lateral plate of pterygoid process; lateral plate of sphenoid; lateral pterygoid plate