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Depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull
In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the tensor veli palatini.
It is not the same as and has to be distinguished from the scaphoid fossa of the external ear or pinna.
Pterygoid fossaDepression in the sphenoid bone of the skull
Pterygoid processes of the sphenoidBone plates projecting from the sphenoid bone of the skull
Fossa (anatomy)Depression or hollow, usually in a bone
Sphenoid boneBone of the neurocranium
Tensor veli palatini muscleMuscle of the soft palate
Greater wing of sphenoid boneLarge part of the skull front behind the eye socketText from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source article