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pterygopalatine fossa

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pterygopalatine fossa

Summary

pterygopalatine fossa ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pterygopalatine fossa is a type of region of surface of bone organ[2].
  • pterygopalatine fossa is a type of fossa[3].
  • pterygopalatine fossa is a type of bone[4].
  • pterygopalatine fossa's Commons category is recorded as Pterygopalatine fossa[5].
  • pterygopalatine fossa's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include region of surface of bone organ[2], fossa[3], and bone[4].

Why It Matters

pterygopalatine fossa ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
    Subclass of → region of surface of bone organ, fossa, bone
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