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Pterygoid   Listen
noun
Pterygoid  n.  (Anat.)
(a)
A pterygoid bone.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Pterygoid" Quotes from Famous Books



... The pterygoid muscles, which move the under jaw forward and backward, do not connect with the larynx, so their action does not compress that organ or in any way impede the action of the vocal apparatus. A relaxed under jaw allows freer action of the vocal cords ...
— Resonance in Singing and Speaking • Thomas Fillebrown



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