pterygoid plexus

Definitions of pterygoid plexus
  1. noun
    a plexus of veins draining the region of the pterygoid muscles and draining into the internal maxillary and anterior facial veins
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    plexus, rete
    a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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