Items tagged “anatomy”

The pterygoid processes or pterygoid plates are paired posteroinferior projections of the sphenoid bone. Gross anatomy Each pterygoid process projects inferiorly from the junction of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone and bifurcates into a medial pterygoid plate and a lateral ptery...

The platysma muscle (a.k.a. the shaving muscle) is a broad superficial fascial sheet of thin muscle covering the superior anterior chest, anterior and anterolateral neck and anterolateral mandibular region. Gross anatomy The muscle consists of three parts: pars mandibularis, pars labialis and ...

The sphenozygomatic suture is one of the paired cranial sutures formed by the junction of the sphenoid and zygomatic bones. Medially, it forms part of the lateral wall of the orbit. Laterally it forms part of the anterior temporal fossa 1. 

The pharyngeal plexus lies on the posterolateral wall of the pharynx, mainly over the middle pharyngeal constrictor and is the main motor and sensory nerve supply to the muscles of the pharynx and soft palate and acts to coordinate swallowing and speech 1-7. Summary location: within the extern...