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Descriptor English: Pterygopalatine Fossa
Descriptor Spanish: Fosa Pterigopalatina
Descriptor fosa pterigopalatina
Scope note: Pequeño espacio del cráneo situado entre el MAXILAR y el HUESO ESFENOIDES, medial a la fisura ptérigomaxilar, y que conecta con la CAVIDAD NASAL a través del agujero esfenopalatino.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fossa Pterigopalatina
Descriptor French: Fosse ptérygopalatine
Entry term(s): Fossa, Pterygopalatine
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.670
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056739
Scope note: A small space in the skull between the MAXILLA and the SPHENOID BONE, medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure, and connecting to the NASAL CAVITY via the sphenopalatine foramen.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53414
Unique ID: D056739
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Pterygopalatine Fossa - Preferred
Concept UI M0528939
Scope note A small space in the skull between the MAXILLA and the SPHENOID BONE, medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure, and connecting to the NASAL CAVITY via the sphenopalatine foramen.
Preferred term Pterygopalatine Fossa
Entry term(s) Fossa, Pterygopalatine



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