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pterygoid hamulus

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pterygoid hamulus,
a hooklike projection at the inferior end of each medial plate of the pterygoid process.

hamulus
any hook-shaped process.

cochlear hamulus
the hooklike process at the end of the cochlea of the internal ear.
pterygoid hamulus
the ventral extremity of the pterygoid bone around which the tendon of the tensor veli palatini is reflected.


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