title: [Postnatal development of the pterygoid process].
abstract: The postnatal increase of the paramedian distances of the medial and lateral plate of the pterygoid process, its elongation and also the position of the plates to the median sagittal plane were investigated. Moreover the development of height and width of the pyramidal process and the scaphoid fossa were surveyed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*
vernacular_title: Beitrag zur postnatalen Entwicklung des Processus pterygoideus.