page_title: Pterygoid hamulus
hierarchical_section_title: Pterygoid hamulus
caption_attribution_description: Sagittal section of skull.
context_page_description: The pterygoid hamulus is a hook-like process at the lower extremity of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. Around it glides the tendon of the tensor veli palatini. As well, it is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe.
context_section_description: The pterygoid hamulus is a hook-like process at the lower extremity of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. Around it glides the tendon of the tensor veli palatini. As well, it is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe.
caption: Sagittal section of skull. (Sphenoid is in yellow, and pterygoid hamulus labeled at bottom center.)
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