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Furrow of an alate hook

Furrow of an alate hook [sulcus hamuli pterygoidei – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya)] – the dredging which is on an alate hook of a wedge-shaped (main) bone; in a furrow of an alate hook the sinew of the muscle straining a soft palate is located.

 
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