lateral pterygoid plate
(redirected from lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei ossis sphenoidalis)lat·er·al pter·y·goid plate
[TA]the larger and more lateral of the two bony plates extending downward from the point of union of the body and greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side; forms medial wall of infratemporal fossa and gives origin to the pterygoid muscles.