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Pterygospinous ligament

Ligament within the head

Field	Value
Name	Pterygospinous ligament
Latin	ligamentum pterygospinale
From	Sphenoid bone
To	Lateral pterygoid plate

The pterygospinous ligament stretches from the upper part of the posterior border of the lateral pterygoid plate to the spinous process of the sphenoid.

Structure

Variation

It occasionally ossifies, and in such cases, between its upper border and the base of the skull, a foramen is formed - pterygospinous foramen (Civinini) which transmits the branches of the mandibular nerve to the muscles of mastication.

References

(July 2001). "Entrapment of the lingual nerve due to an ossified pterygospinous ligament". Clinical Anatomy.

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