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  • 标题:Incidence of pterygospinous and pterygoalar bridges in dried skulls of Koreans
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  • 作者:Ryu, Sol-Ji ; Park, Min-Kyu ; Lee, U-Young
  • 期刊名称:Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • 印刷版ISSN:2093-3665
  • 出版年度:2016
  • 卷号:49
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:143-150
  • DOI:10.5115/acb.2016.49.2.143
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • 摘要:

    Understanding of morphological structures such as the sphenoid spine and pterygoid processes is important during lateral transzygomatic infratemporal fossa approach. In addition, osseous variations such as pterygospinous and pterygoalar bridges are significant in clinical practice because they can produce various neurological disturbances or block the passage of a needle into the trigeminal ganglion through the foramen ovale. Two hundred and eighty-four sides of Korean adult dry skulls were observed to carry out morphometric analysis of the lateral plate of the pterygoid process, to investigate, for the first time among Koreans, the incidence of the pterygospinous and pterygoalar bony bridges, to compare the results with those available for other regional populations, and to discuss their clinical relevance as described on literatures. The mean of maximum widths of the left and right lateral plates of the pterygoid process were 15.99 mm and 16.27 mm, respectively. Also, the mean of maximum heights of the left and right lateral plates were 31.02 mm and 31.01 mm, respectively. The ossified pterygospinous ligament was observed in 51 sides of the skulls (28.0%). Ossification of the pterygospinous ligament was complete in four sides (1.4%). In 47 sides (16.6%), the pterygospinous bridge was incomplete. The ossified pterygoalar ligament was observed in 24 sides of the skulls (8.4%). Ossification was complete in eight sides (2.8%) and incomplete in 16 sides (5.6%). This detailed analysis of the lateral plate of the pterygoid process and related ossification of ligaments can improve the understanding of complex clinical neuralgias associated with this region.

  • 关键词:Pterygoid process; Sphenoid spine; Pterygospinous bridge; Pterygoalar bridge
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